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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo Global technology editor

Rising number of UK children report seeing explicit deepfakes of themselves

A young teenager on a smartphone
The Report Remove service said it had received 420 reports from children so far this year. Photograph: Peter Dazeley/Getty Images

Children in the UK have reported a surge in explicit deepfake images featuring their likenesses, as a safety watchdog warned AI is making such content easier to produce.

The Report Remove service, which blocks intimate images from appearing online, said there had been a rapid increase in imagery that had been digitally manipulated or “faked” in some way, including with AI and nudification tools.

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