In early December a Radnor High School freshman used a school‑issued iPhone to purchase a subscription to the iOS app Movely for $250. He then generated deepfake porn by placing five female classmates’ faces onto nude bodies and shared the files via Snapchat, and circulated them among classmates. The next day the boy skipped school while the victims and his peers reported the abuse.

Radnor, ranked among Pennsylvania’s top high schools with roughly 1,000 students, already enforces anti‑bullying and sexual‑harassment policies. Yet parents allege administrators stalled, sending conflicting messages to police and mandated reporters. The incident arrives just a year after the state criminalized malicious deepfakes in 2024, a law invoked in a 2025 felony case involving AI‑generated child sexual abuse material, and public outrage grew.

The case highlights how affordable consumer AI tools can bypass school device controls and cause real‑world harm. It also pressures districts to tighten monitoring of app installations and to educate students on the legal repercussions of synthetic pornography. Radnor’s mishandling sparked criticism from Governor Josh Shapiro’s office, underscoring the need for swift, transparent response protocols.