Students just used AI to put their teachers' faces in fake videos — 107K likes
Texas students used Viggle AI to create deepfake 'slander videos' of teachers and staff. One account hit 107,000 likes before the school district intervened.
Students at a Texas school district just proved how easy it is to weaponize AI against real people — and the videos went viral before anyone could stop them.
In Wylie Independent School District, Collin County, Texas, students created an Instagram account called "thewyliefiles" and used AI deepfake tools to insert their teachers' and administrators' faces into degrading, fabricated scenarios. The account racked up over 107,000 likes before the district stepped in.
What the students actually did
The students used an app called Viggle AI — a free tool that lets anyone drop a person's face onto a different body in video. No technical skills required. Just upload a photo, pick a template, and the AI does the rest.
The results were exactly what you'd expect when teenagers get unrestricted access to face-swapping technology:
• One video showed the school superintendent lip-syncing alongside images of deceased figures
• Another placed a teacher's face on someone in a bathroom with text accusing them of drug use
• Multiple videos made false, reputation-damaging claims about specific staff members
These weren't private jokes shared between friends. They were posted to public Instagram and TikTok "slander pages" — accounts specifically created to mock and humiliate people.
The school's response
April Cunningham, the district's communications officer, made it clear the school won't tolerate this: "This should never come at the expense of our educators' reputations." She confirmed that students involved will "face disciplinary action and possible legal consequences."
But here's the problem: the damage was already done. Over 107,000 people saw videos depicting teachers in situations that never happened — and many viewers had no way to know the videos were fake.
Why this is bigger than one school district
Wylie ISD is not an isolated case. It's one example of a pattern spreading across schools in the United States and beyond. AI deepfake tools like Viggle AI have made it trivially easy for anyone — including children — to create convincing fake videos of real people.
The tools are free. They require no coding, no editing software, no expertise. A 14-year-old with a smartphone and a teacher's yearbook photo can produce a deepfake video in under two minutes.
The legal reality: In most U.S. states, there are currently no specific laws against creating AI deepfakes of non-celebrity individuals.
Washington and Oregon just passed the first laws protecting minors from AI chatbots, but deepfake "slander pages" remain largely unregulated.
What teachers and parents should know
For teachers: If you discover AI-generated videos of yourself, document everything immediately — screenshots, URLs, account names. Report the content to both the platform (Instagram, TikTok) and your school administration. Consider consulting a lawyer, especially if the content makes defamatory claims.
For parents: Check whether your child has access to apps like Viggle AI, FaceSwap, or similar tools. Talk to them about the real consequences — school suspension, potential criminal charges, and the permanent harm deepfakes cause to real people.
The ease of creating AI deepfakes has outpaced every law, school policy, and platform moderation system designed to prevent abuse. Wylie ISD just showed what happens in that gap.
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