A leading children's charity is calling on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to tackle AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery, when the UK hosts the first global summit on AI safety this autumn.
The BBC’s been investigating the rise in child sex abuse material resulting from the rapid proliferation of open-source AI image generators.
Images of children aged as young as seven being abused online have risen by almost two thirds.
Internet Watch Foundation says amount of material showing most extreme form of sexual abuse has doubled since 2020
Jordan King, reporter for Metro, looks at IWF transcripts showing actual conversations between groomers and child victims
Senior writer at WIRED, Matt Burgess, looks into Pornhub trialling a new automated tool that pushes CSAM-searchers to seek help for their online behaviour
Susie speaks to Aasmah Mir about the increase in self-generated child sexual abuse online amongst 7-to-10 year olds
Jordan King of Metro, on how the UK is suffering a ‘social and digital emergency’ because of huge spikes in children recording their abuse
Prof Hany Farid says all online services should adopt idea backed by GCHQ and National Cybersecurity Centre
The publication of child sexual abuse material in Germany is currently ten times higher than in 2020.
