
AI tools have put child sexual abuse ‘on steroids’, Home Secretary warns
The Home Office said fake images are being used to blackmail children and force them to livestream further abuse.
Published: Thu 30 May 2024
More children than ever are becoming victim of online sexual abuse, with technology offering abusers more access to them than ever. New figures show the global scale of the problem with one in eight children exposed to indecent images last year. But the rise of artificial intelligence is opening up a fresh battleground in what’s been described as a war against child sexual abuse.
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The Home Office said fake images are being used to blackmail children and force them to livestream further abuse.