Internet Watch Foundation warns Elon Musk-owned AI risks bringing sexualised imagery of children into the mainstream.
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.
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.
Criminals are manipulating pictures found on school websites and social media to create sexually explicit images and blackmail UK schools.
National Crime Agency and safety watchdog issue guidance amid rise in explicit material online.
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.
The numbers are staggering, but experts say what we’re seeing is only the beginning. As AI-generated child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, surges to record levels, researchers warn that the technology isn’t just producing more harmful content, but it’s fundamentally changing how children are targeted; how survivors are revictimized; and how investigators are overwhelmed.
Experts said a ‘frightening’ advancement of AI-generated technology has seen AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery surge over the past year.
IWF meldt maandag dat er tussen januari en juni al meer door AI gemaakte beelden van seksueel kindermisbruik opdoken dan in het hele jaar 2025. De organisatie vraagt de Europese Unie om snel een wettelijk kader uit te werken.