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3,500 AI-generated child sexual abuse videos discovered last year

3,500 AI-generated child sexual abuse videos discovered last year

Across the internet, the rapid evolution of a variety of AI tools is allowing a proliferation of illegal child sexual abuse images which is alarming experts and challenging the law’s ability to respond.

15 January 2026 IWF In The News
AI tool Grok used to create child sexual abuse imagery, watchdog says

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.

8 January 2026 IWF In The News
Dark web users cite Grok as tool for making 'criminal imagery' of kids, U.K. watchdog says

Dark web users cite Grok as tool for making 'criminal imagery' of kids, U.K. watchdog says

The Internet Watch Foundation said it found topless images of girls that dark web forum users attributed to xAI’s Grok Imagine.

8 January 2026 IWF In The News
UK to ban deepfake AI 'nudification' apps

UK to ban deepfake AI 'nudification' apps

The UK government says it will ban so-called "nudification" apps as part of efforts to tackle misogyny online.

18 December 2025 IWF In The News
Tech companies and UK child safety agencies to test AI tools’ ability to create abuse images

Tech companies and UK child safety agencies to test AI tools’ ability to create abuse images

New law will allow technology to be examined and ensure tools have safeguards to stop creation of material

12 November 2025 IWF In The News
EU delays 'chat control' law over privacy concerns

EU delays 'chat control' law over privacy concerns

A proposed EU law designed to scan online communication to keep kids safe from online sexual predators has been shelved over worries it could undermine fundamental privacy rights.

14 October 2025 IWF In The News
Minister 'clarifies' violence against women and girls strategy after Sky News report

Minister 'clarifies' violence against women and girls strategy after Sky News report

Child safety organisations have welcomed the government "thinking again" on including child abuse victims in its violence against women and girls strategy, following a Sky News report.

30 September 2025 IWF In The News
Ten organisations write urgent letter to home secretary over violence against women and girls strategy

Ten organisations write urgent letter to home secretary over violence against women and girls strategy

Groups including the NSPCC, Barnardo's and The Children's Society wrote to Yvette Cooper to say that violence against women and girls and child sexual abuse are "inherently and deeply connected".

25 August 2025 IWF In The News
« Les images d’enfants victimes de violences sexuelles générées par l’IA prolongent la souffrance des victimes »

« Les images d’enfants victimes de violences sexuelles générées par l’IA prolongent la souffrance des victimes »

Le directeur de l’Internet Watch Foundation, Derek Ray-Hill, alerte, dans une tribune au « Monde », sur la production d’images pédocriminelles grâce à l’intelligence artificielle et sur la nécessité de les criminaliser.

31 July 2025 IWF In The News
Major increase in child sexual abuse videos made with AI

Major increase in child sexual abuse videos made with AI

Exclusive data shared with Channel 4 News shows that 1,300 videos have been found globally so far in 2025.

11 July 2025 IWF In The News
Zahl der KI-Videos von sexuellem Kindesmissbrauch nimmt stark zu

Zahl der KI-Videos von sexuellem Kindesmissbrauch nimmt stark zu

Pädokriminelle nutzen zunehmend künstliche Intelligenz, um Aufnahmen von Kindesmissbrauch zu erstellen. Ermittler warnen, dass sie dadurch möglicherweise weniger Fälle von echtem Missbrauch stoppen können.

11 July 2025 IWF In The News
Le signalement de contenus pédopornographiques générés par l'IA "a explosé" depuis début 2025, selon une association

Le signalement de contenus pédopornographiques générés par l'IA "a explosé" depuis début 2025, selon une association

Le nombre de pages web, partout dans le monde et signalées à l'Internet Watch Foundation, montrant des images pédopornographiques générées par l'intelligence artificielle a explosé de 400%.

10 July 2025 IWF In The News