Internet Watch Foundation report shows 380% increase in illegal AI-generated imagery in 2024, most of it ‘category A’.
Groups including the IWF, NSPCC, Barnardo's and The Children's Society wrote to Yvette Cooper to say that violence against women and girls and child sexual abuse are "inherently and deeply connected".
Child safety organisations have welcomed the governments inclusion of child abuse victims in its violence against women and girls strategy.
A proposed EU law designed to keep kids safe from online sexual predators has been shelved over worries it could undermine privacy rights.
New law will allow tech companies and child safety agencies to test AI technology to ensure tools have safeguards to stop creation of abuse material.
The UK government says it will ban so-called "nudification" apps as part of efforts to tackle misogyny online.
Internet Watch Foundation warns Elon Musk-owned AI risks bringing sexualised imagery of children into the mainstream.
The Internet Watch Foundation said it found topless images of girls that dark web forum users attributed to xAI’s Grok Imagine.
The use of cryptocurrency in sales of human beings for prostitution and scam compounds nearly doubled in 2025, according to a conservative estimate. Many of the deals are happening in plain sight.
A girl who appeared in hundreds of child sexual abuse images and videos has been tracked down after years of searching by internet safety experts.
Call for nudity-detection tech on phones as number of under-18s reporting blackmail attempts rises by 34%.
Experts warn lapse in online safety regulation in the EU could sharply reduce reports of child sexual abuse, echoing a 58% drop during a similar legal gap in 2021.