AI tools have put child sexual abuse ‘on steroids’, Home Secretary warns
The Home Office said fake images are being used to blackmail children and force them to livestream further abuse.
2 February 2025
IWF In The News
How the sending of one photo led an 11-year-old girl to become a victim of physical sex abuse
Published: Tue 23 Jul 2024
A mother has told Sky News how her 11-year-old daughter was groomed into sending sexually explicit photographs of herself to men online and how this spiralled into physical sexual abuse.
Warning: This article contains details that some readers may find distressing
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) says this is a growing problem and self-generated child abuse images - where a child is encouraged by someone online into sexualised behaviour - now makes up a large proportion of the imagery that they are removing from the internet.
It is calling on the new government to make keeping children safe online a priority.
Read the full article at Sky News.
