A teenager has been arrested after a series of explicit images of students at a school north-west of Melbourne was circulated online.
Victoria Police said the boy has been released pending further enquiries and its investigation is ongoing.
The principal of Bacchus Marsh Grammar, Andrew Neal, said about 50 girls from the school have been targeted.
He said it appears images of their faces were taken from social media sites before being manipulated using AI to make “obscene photographs”.
“They should be able to learn and go about their business without this kind of nonsense.”
Mr Neal said the students, who are in years 9 to 12, are being supported while the school works with police to get the images removed and to find the person or group responsible.
“Logic would suggest that the most likely individual is someone at the school … or a group of people from the school, however, the police and the school are not ruling out any other possibility as well,” he said.
A Victoria Police spokesperson said its investigation is ongoing.
“Officers were told a number of images were sent to a person in the Melton area via an online platform on Friday, June 7,” the spokesperson said.
