New data released by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) shows almost 20,000 webpages of child sexual abuse imagery in the first half of 2022 included ‘self-generated’ content of 7- to 10-year-old children.
‘Vital’ child protection work sees top honour for IWF’s Susie Hargreaves - The NSPCC has made Ms Hargreaves an honorary member of the NSPCC council
The amount of AI-generated child sexual abuse content is “chilling” and reaching a “tipping point”, according to the Internet Watch Foundation.
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) warns of a "shocking" rise of primary school children being coerced into performing sexually online.
In December, the IWF raised concerns that new rules under the e-Privacy Directive, which came into force on December 21, could make it illegal for tech companies to scan online messages for suspected child sexual abuse material.
IWF analysts say ‘insidious’ commercial child sexual abuse sites are driving more and more extreme content online.
New IWF data shows that three in every five child sexual abuse reports are hosted in an EU member state.
Call for lawmakers to act quickly as new data shows child sexual abuse reports are soaring in wake of pandemic.
Images of children aged as young as seven being abused online have risen by almost two thirds while the number of webpages found to contain the most extreme material has doubled in recent years, according to a report.
Messaging app Telegram will deploy new tools to prevent the spread of images of child sexual abuse after teaming up with the Internet Watch Foundation.
Child protection groups warn there’s nothing to stop imagery sent to Edwards from spreading further on WhatsApp.
The Internet Watch Foundation and the Lucy Faithfull Foundation are embarking on a project to understand sex offenders’ internet habits when viewing online child sexual abuse material. The study is possible thanks to a grant from the International Foundation For Online Responsibility (IFFOR).