
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.
Published: Tue 22 Jun 2021
Written by: i News
A web tool to help under-18s report intimate photos of themselves has been launched to prevent the images being uploaded and shared online.
The world-first Report Remove tool is designed to help young people report images and videos both before and after they’ve been uploaded to the internet.
It has been developed by the child internet safety charity Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and the NSPCC’s Childline.
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The Home Office said fake images are being used to blackmail children and force them to livestream further abuse.