Dr Anton Belov
digital-forensics analyst
Methodical; preserve before you report
Fabricated
A fabricated video of her spreads through the school in a day. Rebecca’s job, reputation and safety are at risk, and she learns about digital evidence, the law on image-based abuse, and how a school should — and sometimes fails to — protect its staff.
Planned · not started yet
Digital life & technology Ethics & integrity Living with uncertainty School or campus Tense Bracing
The premise
A fabricated video of her spreads through the school in a day. Rebecca’s job, reputation and safety are at risk, and she learns about digital evidence, the law on image-based abuse, and how a school should — and sometimes fails to — protect its staff.
The protagonist
Rebecca Afolayan-Hughes — Secondary teacher targeted by a deepfake video shared by students
The council
Every council member is an original fictional character. None represents, quotes or is endorsed by a real person.
Sophie Marchand
online-harms lawyer
Determined; the law is catching up
Kofi Boateng
school safeguarding lead
Protective; procedures exist for staff too
How the story moves
Tracing the video’s source and repairing a career; the culprit’s identity complicates Rebecca’s wish for justice.
What readers take away
- How deepfakes are made and detected
- Preserving digital evidence
- Criminal offences covering image-based abuse
- Civil remedies
- Platform reporting and takedown
- School safeguarding procedures for staff
- Support services for victims
- Returning to work after online abuse
- Request removal of intimate images via official tools
- Use reporting routes to police
- Access victim support
- Protect personal information online
The books
- 1The video Planned
- 2The evidence Planned
- 3The source Planned
- 4Back Planned
Book titles are working titles and may change before publication. No book is on sale until the complete series is finished, checked and released.