AI advances could lead to more child sexual abuse videos, watchdog warns
IWF warns of more AI-made child sexual abuse videos as tools behind them get more widespread and easier to use
22 July 2024
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More AI-generated child sex abuse material is being posted online
In a review of material posted on the dark web, the Internet Watch Foundation found that deepfakes featuring children were becoming more extreme.
22 July 2024
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AI being used to generate deepfake child sex abuse images based on real victims, report finds
The tools used to create the images remain legal in the UK, the Internet Watch Foundation says, even though AI child sexual abuse images are illegal.
22 July 2024
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Three-year-olds groomed online, charity warns
Sexual predators are grooming children under six into performing “disturbing” acts of sexual abuse via phones or webcams a charity has warned.
23 April 2024
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Charity wants AI summit to address child sexual abuse imagery
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.
17 July 2023
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AI image generators giving rise to child sex abuse material - BBC Newsnight
The BBC’s been investigating the rise in child sex abuse material resulting from the rapid proliferation of open-source AI image generators.
17 July 2023
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Webpages containing the most extreme child abuse have doubled since 2020
Images of children aged as young as seven being abused online have risen by almost two thirds.
25 April 2023
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One in five child abuse images found online last year were category A – report
Internet Watch Foundation says amount of material showing most extreme form of sexual abuse has doubled since 2020
25 April 2023
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The shocking transcripts that reveal how groomers sexually abuse children in their own rooms
Jordan King, reporter for Metro, looks at IWF transcripts showing actual conversations between groomers and child victims
3 September 2022
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This Chatbot Aims to Steer People Away From Child Abuse Material
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
28 August 2022
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