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Experts issue warning amid ‘frightening’ increase in AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery

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The Independent UK

Reports of AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery soar by 154% in a year

Experts said a ‘frightening’ advancement of technology has seen AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery surge

The Independent UK

Criminal gangs profiting as child sexual abuse websites double, experts say

Analyst who worked on Internet Watch Foundation report says content exists ‘across all social media platforms’ and is ‘very easy’ to find

The Guardian - UK

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Websites trafficking child abuse images see sharp increase in a year, report warns

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The Independent UK

Websites selling child abuse images double in past year as Jess Phillips hits out at ‘sickening’ new data

The minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls said “we will not allow criminal gangs to profit from children’s unimaginable suffering”

The Independent UK

Record number of children reporting online sextortion in UK, data reveals

Nearly 400 instances of sextortion were reported to the Report Remove helpline last year

The Independent UK

Children in UK report online sextortion attempts in record numbers

Exclusive: Call for nudity-detection tech on phones as number of under-18s reporting blackmail attempts rises by 34%

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Amount of AI-generated child sexual abuse material found online surged in 2025

Internet Watch Foundation verified 8,029 pieces of realistic AI-made content, with 65% of videos in worst category

The Guardian - UK

'It doesn’t have to be all or nothing' — ExpressVPN launches privacy-first tool to combat CSAM

ExpressVPN has partnered with the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) to develop OpenBoundary, a new tool launched to block access to illegal content without compromising encryption.

TechRadar

Criminals using AI to create ‘frightening’ number of child sexual abuse videos

Internet Watch Foundation found the majority of the AI-generated videos fell into Category A, the most extreme classification

The Independent UK

AI tool Grok used to create child sexual abuse imagery, watchdog says

Internet Watch Foundation warns Elon Musk-owned AI risks bringing sexualised imagery of children into the mainstream

The Guardian - UK

New crackdown on AI images of child sexual abuse as reports double in a year

The Internet Watch Foundation said there has been a surge in AI-generated abuse content depicting infants

The Independent UK

Law change set to allow AI testing to prevent creation of child sex abuse images

Reports of AI-generated child sexual abuse material have more than doubled in the past year.

Evening Standard

Chatbot site depicting child sexual abuse images raises fears over misuse of AI

Child safety watchdog calls for child protection guidelines to be built into AI models from the outset

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The Independent UK

Major crackdown on networks profiting from online child sex abuse

New Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood unveiled new plans for the UK to disrupt criminal networks that exploit children

Evening Standard

UK to crack down on networks profiting from online child sex abuse

New Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood unveiled new plans at a summit with Five Eyes countries.

Evening Standard

Judge us by impact of new online safety measures for children, says regulator

Actions which could be taken against firms which fail to adhere to the new codes include fines and potentially blocked access in the UK.

International Business Times

AI-powered 'Nudify' Apps Fuel Deadly Wave Of Digital Blackmail

After a Kentucky teenager died by suicide this year, his parents discovered he had received threatening texts demanding $3,000 to suppress an AI-generated nude image of him.

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The Guardian - US

NWSL and US Soccer’s lack of transgender policy targeted by conservative lobby groups

The NWSL’s transgender participation policy, thought to still be in place, was abandoned in 2022, the league confirmed

The Independent UK

Charity warns AI-generated child sex abuse videos ‘now as lifelike as real footage’

New data from the Internet Watch Foundation revealed 1,286 AI-generated videos were discovered in the first half of this year

The Guardian - UK

AI-generated child sexual abuse videos surging online, watchdog says

Internet Watch Foundation verified 1,286 AI-made videos in first half of year, mostly in worst category of abuse

Euronews

Warnings issued as rising amount of child sexual abuse material hosted on websites in EU countries

A rise in child sex abuse material has been linked to websites hosted in EU countries, according to the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).

The Independent UK

Social media curfews for children could become law, Labour minister says

The comments come as TikTok announces plans to impose a 10pm curfew for users under 16

Evening Standard

Social media curfews could be imposed on children, says Technology Secretary

Peter Kyle said he was watching TikTok’s planned 10pm curfew for users under 16 ‘very carefully’.

The Independent UK

AI-generated images and sextortion among surge in child sex abuse material online

2024 saw record levels of web pages hosting child sexual abuse imagery discovered, according to a leading online safety organisation.

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