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  1. The devastating impact of sextortion scams targeting teenagers

    Gethin and Nikki discuss the devastating impact of sextortion scams targeting teenagers.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. How the sending of one photo led an 11-year-old girl to become a victim of physical sex abuse

    The girl sent a photo to a boy in her class before the image and her phone number were added to all-male online chat groups - she later started disappearing before being abused by "unknown men".

  5. 'He stole my child': Children as young as three manipulated into creating sexual imagery

    "Law enforcement cannot arrest its way out of this problem."

  6. 'Deeply disturbing': Children being tricked into sharing explicit images as 'sextortion' cases soar

    Sextortion is a form of blackmail in which a child is tricked into sending sexual images of themselves to abusers, who then threaten to share the pictures with friends, family or more widely on the internet if they are not paid money.

  7. More than 90% of child sexual abuse images on internet are 'self-generated'

    The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) warns of a "shocking" rise of primary school children being coerced into performing sexually online.

  8. Telegram ignored outreach from child safety watchdogs before CEO's arrest, groups say

    Telegram’s CEO was arrested in relation to an investigation into an unnamed person involving claims of “complicity” in distributing child sexual abuse material.

  9. Paedophile Hugh Nelson who made AI child abuse images from real pictures sent to him jailed for 18 years in 'deeply horrifying' landmark case

    The images that Nelson made have been linked back to real children around the world. In some cases, he then went on to encourage his clients to rape and sexually assault the youngsters.

  10. AI tools used to generate child abuse images made illegal in 'world leading' move.

    The government says it is leading the way with its crackdown on AI-generated abuse images, after warnings the content was being produced at a "chilling" rate.

  11. Warnings issued as rising amount of child sexual abuse material hosted on websites in EU countries

    A rise in child sex abuse material has been linked to websites hosted in EU countries, according to the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).

  12. Online child sexual abuse at record high levels - with some exploited within minutes

    Online child sexual abuse is at record high levels, according to exclusive figures given to ITV News.