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Criminal gangs blackmailing schools with deepfake child sex abuse images at ‘shocking’ scale, experts say

Nearly half of headteachers have reported pupil images being used for harmful acts including blackmail and extortion, new research reveals

The Independent UK

The dark side of back-to-school: Why ExpressVPN urges parents to rethink their online privacy habits

ExpressVPN and the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) are warning parents about the dangers of posting back-to-school photos online, highlighting how easily innocent images can be scraped and manipulated by AI.

TechRadar

Rising number of UK children report seeing explicit deepfakes of themselves

Exclusive: anonymous flagging service says cases have surged, as watchdog says AI is making sexualised or ‘nudified’ content easier to produce

The Guardian - UK

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Do not put pictures of your children online, National Crime Agency warns parents

Crime prevention chiefs have warned there is ‘no protection’ amid a surge in AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery

The Independent UK

UK parents warned over posting images of children amid AI sexual abuse fears

Exclusive: National Crime Agency and safety watchdog issue guidance amid rise in explicit material online

The Guardian - UK

AI prey: why watchdogs are telling parents to protect children from nudification apps

As imaging tools become more sophisticated, online predators are using images of children to make extreme pornography

The Guardian - UK

Circumvention tool or essential security software? The shifting role of VPNs in the UK

With VPNs under extreme scrutiny, what does the future hold for privacy tools in the UK?

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Elon Musk's Fintech Plans Disrupted Outside Morgan Stanley HQ Over Claims SpaceX's Grok 'Makes AI Child Porn'

Elon Musk's SpaceX IPO, the largest in history, is overshadowed by controversy as xAI's Grok chatbot faces allegations of generating AI child pornography, prompting global regulatory scrutiny.

International Business Times UK

Online safety campaigners reveal Starmer frustrations after Phillips exit

PM accused of dragging heels on forcing tech firms to block transmission of nude photos on children’s phones

The Guardian - UK

UK schools should remove pupils’ online photos as AI blackmail threat grows, say experts

Criminals are manipulating pictures found on school websites and social media to create sexually explicit images

The Guardian - UK

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

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

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The Independent UK

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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 Guardian - 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%

The Guardian - UK

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

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'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.

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - 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 Independent 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

Evening Standard

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

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

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