Internet Watch Foundation says illegal AI-made content is becoming more prevalent on open web with high level of sophistication.
The amount of AI-generated child sexual abuse content is “chilling” and reaching a “tipping point”, according to the Internet Watch Foundation.
The cyber criminals dupe victims into sending nude images and then extort them.
The Home Office said fake images are being used to blackmail children and force them to livestream further abuse.
Britain will make it illegal to use artificial intelligence tools that create child sexual abuse images.
CSAM hosting around the world rose 64 percent last year, and a surge in the United States put it second behind the Netherlands, a new report found.
Internet Watch Foundation says amount of material showing most extreme form of sexual abuse has doubled since 2020
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.
At home she is a loving grandmother who enjoys spending time with her grandkids but at work Mabel has to watch the internet's most "abhorrent" child sex abuse.
The Internet Watch Foundation has announced it will offer a new safety tool to smaller sites for free to help fight online harms.
Internet Watch Foundation says ‘worrying’ trend shows criminals are casting their nets wider to trap victims.
Exclusive data shared with Channel 4 News shows that 1,300 videos have been found globally so far in 2025.