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Full feature-length AI films of child sexual abuse will be ‘inevitable’ as synthetic videos make ‘huge leaps’ in sophistication in a year
New data reveals AI child sexual abuse continues to spread online as criminals create more realistic, and more extreme, imagery.
11 July 2025
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IWF urges for ‘loophole’ to be closed in proposed EU laws criminalising AI child sexual abuse as synthetic videos make ‘huge leaps’ in sophistication
New data reveals AI child sexual abuse continues to spread online as criminals create more realistic, and more extreme, imagery.
11 July 2025
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EU Parliament leads the way in tackling AI-generated child sexual abuse material
EU Parliament champions urgent legal reforms to combat AI-generated child sexual abuse, prioritising survivor protection and closing dangerous loopholes.
8 July 2025
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Child sexual abuse material vs ‘child porn’: why language matters
There is No Such Thing as ‘child pornography’.
1 July 2025
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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
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UK makes use of AI tools to create child abuse material a crime
Britain will make it illegal to use artificial intelligence tools that create child sexual abuse images.
1 February 2025
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Charity finds more than 500,000 child abuse victims
An analyst who removes child sexual abuse content from the internet says she is always trying to stay "one step ahead" of the "bad guys".
8 December 2024
IWF In The News
Telegram plans child abuse crackdown following Pavel Durov’s arrest in Paris
Messaging app Telegram will deploy new tools to prevent the spread of images of child sexual abuse after teaming up with the Internet Watch Foundation.
5 December 2024
IWF In The News
Telegram U-turns and joins child safety scheme
After years of ignoring pleas to sign up to child protection schemes, the controversial messaging app Telegram has agreed to work with an internationally recognised body to stop the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
4 December 2024
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Paedophile Hugh Nelson who made AI child abuse images from real pictures sent to him jailed for 18 years in 'deeply horrifying' landmark case
The images that Nelson made have been linked back to real children around the world. In some cases, he then went on to encourage his clients to rape and sexually assault the youngsters.
28 October 2024
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