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Child predators are using AI to create sexual images of their favorite ‘stars’: ‘My body will never be mine again’

Safety groups say they’re increasingly finding chats about creating images based on past child sexual abuse material

The Guardian - US · Jun 12, 2024

‘My 17-year-old son was arrested for sharing child abuse images – he said it was a relief’

A mother describes how her autistic son became one of thousands of under-18s caught viewing or sharing indecent images of children

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2024

Number of Self-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) Increases By 66%

The Internet Watch Foundation reported the identification of self-generated child sexual abuse material involving children under 10 on over 100,000 web pages.

International Business Times UK · Jan 17, 2024

Internet Watch Foundation confirms first AI-generated child sex abuse images

The number of AI images being identified is small but the potential exists for criminals to produce unprecedented quantities, the organisation warned.

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2023

Huge rise in child sex abuse images during Covid pandemic

Internet Watch Foundation says parents are often unaware of the online backdoor into their homes that leaves children vulnerable

Wales Online · Jan 27, 2023

Covid lockdowns created ‘online backdoor’ for child abusers, says charity

Internet Watch Foundation reports rise in UK children aged seven to 10 manipulated into abusing themselves on camera

The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2023

Online safety bill will criminalise ‘downblousing’ and ‘deepfake’ porn

Nonconsensual explicit images to be tackled in bill returning to parliament next month

The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2022

Children being coerced into most severe forms of sexual abuse online – report

The Internet Watch Foundation says it found nearly 900 instances of the most severe types of child sexual abuse content in just five days.

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022

Children between three and six ‘victims of self-generated child sexual abuse’

The Internet Watch Foundation said it is the first time it has seen such young children subjected to this kind of abuse

The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2022

How parents can spot signs of sexual abuse in children as online grooming rises

The Internet Watch Foundation says children as young as seven are being targeted by online sex abusers on an 'industrial scale'

Chronicle Live · Jan 17, 2022