A Raised to Resist dataset by Chidinma Omai · Updated September 25, 2026
The Children's AI Harm Registry
Version 2.1
446 documented cases of AI harming kids. Here's every one of them.
Earlier versions of this page listed 495 entries from a pre-registry working list. The registry applies stricter inclusion criteria, so its counts differ. See the methodology below.
The registry at a glance
- Cases
- 446
- Fatal
- 51
- Verified (2+ sources)
- 58
- Documented (single source)
- 388
- Named countries
- 46
- Aggregate entries
- 22
Overview
Every number on this page is a kid. Every kid is a case file. What follows is the registry: 446 documented cases from 2016 to 2026, each with its sources and a verification tier. Read it. Spot-check it. Send it to anyone who tells you AI harm to kids is overblown.
The Cases
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Aggregate and Systemic Incidents
Population-scale findings, not counted as cases.
These 22 entries record national counts, multi-country law-enforcement operations, regulator actions citing minor victims and consolidated litigation dockets. They document scale and give sourcing context, but they are statistics rather than individual cases, so none of them is counted in the 446.
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Methodology
How the registry is built, what counts as a case, and where it falls short.
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Cite the Registry
Cite this release by its DOI. Cite a single case by its Registry ID.
Omai, C. (2026). The Children's AI Harm Registry (Version 2.1) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22969119
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