Protect every child’s digital identity from AI scraping, facial recognition, and identity theft, before it reaches the internet.
Private copySafer public versionThe Problem
A sports day. A prize-giving. A team photo on the news page. These are the images a school is proud to share, and they are the exact raw material an AI tool needs to generate an explicit fake of a child.
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schools worldwide, in at least 28 countries, where deepfake sexual abuse has been documented since 2023. More than 600 pupils affected.
Source: WIRED and Indicator, Matt Burgess, 15 April 2026. Believed to be the first global review of real-world AI deepfake abuse in schools.
Live case studies
Secondary school · May 2026 · confirmed
Criminals scraped pupil photographs from a school website and social media, used AI to turn them into abuse material, and demanded payment to keep them offline. The IWF assessed around 150 as meeting the legal threshold.
Source: The Guardian
The Solution
Every child deserves control over their own face online. Topeng gives a school a documented, defensible way to publish photos with that control built in.
Strongest
For photos already exposed or widely shared. The highest protection Topeng offers.
Invisible, baseline
The photo looks unchanged to a person, while AI systems can no longer reliably read the face.
Visible
Visibly blurs the face, for photos a school decides should carry no identifiable face. The method UK guidance to schools recommends.
Photos are not retained as permanent records. Temporary files are automatically removed with the isolated processing environment.
How it works
Upload a photo, choose a protection method, and download the safer version ready to share.
Upload your photo, choose how you want to protect it, then download the safer version.
A cross is a boundary, not a failure. Which one you pick depends on the photograph.
| The threat | Face Regeneration | Face Cloak | Face Blur |
|---|---|---|---|
| Learned from by AI training models | |||
| A fake image generated from a photo you published | |||
| The photograph still looks like the child to a parent | |||
| A photo a pupil posted from their own phone |
* Results vary from picture to picture and are based on probability, not a guarantee.
Photo OriginEvery photograph leaves with a signed record of where it came from and what was done to it, on every method. Built on C2PA Content Credentials, the open standard camera makers use.
We significantly reduce the risk of a child’s photo being misused by AI. We don’t promise to eliminate it, because no honest tool can.
The Team
One from the classroom and the field, where duty of care is a daily practice. One from inside EdTech, where the gap first became visible.
Co-founder and CEO
Five years at an outdoor education provider as Growth Manager, across 25+ partner schools in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. His side of Topeng is the schools.
Co-founder and CTO
Founder of JomStudy (600,000+ downloads) and a Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia honouree. His side of Topeng is the engine: the protection methods and the C2PA signing.
The Pricing
Start free with three photos. Upgrade when you’re ready to protect every photo you share.
Try it
See what protection looks like, on three photos.
For parents
Protecting your own child’s photos, not a school’s.
For schools
Every child on your roll, protected under one plan.
