Published: Fri 11 Jul 2025
New data from the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) from the first six months of 2025 shows a sharp increase in AI-generated child sexual abuse images. The nonprofit organization, which is dedicated to finding and removing child sexual abuse material online, has received 400 percent more reports of such websites compared to the same period in 2024. Between January 1 and June 30, 2025, AI images of child sexual abuse were detected on 210 sites.
In addition, the number of AI videos depicting child sexual abuse has also increased: 1,286 videos were found in the first half of the year, compared to just two in the previous year. IWF analysts emphasize that the quality of the AI videos is so good that they are almost indistinguishable from real footage.
Read the full article at Der Spiegel.
In an article in Le Monde, the director of the Internet Watch Foundation, Derek Ray-Hill, warned of the production of child sex abuse images using artificial intelligence and the need to criminalize them.
