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.
National Crime Agency and safety watchdog issue guidance amid rise in explicit material online.
Criminals are manipulating pictures found on school websites and social media to create sexually explicit images and blackmail UK schools.
The US now hosts more child sexual abuse material online than any other country
Jordan King, reporter for Metro, looks at IWF transcripts showing actual conversations between online groomers and child victims
Senior writer at WIRED, Matt Burgess, looks into Pornhub trialling a new automated tool that pushes CSAM-searchers to seek help for their online behaviour
A new flood of child sexual abuse material created by artificial intelligence is hitting a tipping point of realism, threatening to overwhelm the authorities. Over the past two years, new AI technologies have made it easier for criminals to create explicit images and videos of children. Now, researchers at organizations including the Internet Watch Foundation and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children are warning of a surge of new material this year that is nearly indistinguishable from actual abuse.
Gethin and Nikki discuss the devastating impact of sextortion scams targeting teenagers.
A day in the life of the IWF’s child abuse image taskforce. "They know they are about to witness some of the most upsetting things ever uploaded onto the internet"
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has hashed more than a million images in a ‘major boost’ to internet safety.
Prof Hany Farid says all online services should adopt idea backed by GCHQ and National Cybersecurity Centre
Susie speaks to Aasmah Mir about the increase in self-generated child sexual abuse online amongst 7-to-10 year olds