Telegram’s CEO was arrested in relation to an investigation into an unnamed person involving claims of “complicity” in distributing child sexual abuse material.
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).
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.
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".
The government says it is leading the way with its crackdown on AI-generated abuse images, after warnings the content was being produced at a "chilling" rate.
An increase in sophisticated AI-generated images of child abuse could result in police and other agencies chasing "fake" rather than genuine abuse, a charity has said.
Young children are now more exposed to being groomed online due to a reliance on tech devices in lockdown, a charity has claimed.
Online child sexual abuse is at record high levels, according to exclusive figures given to ITV News.
Groups including the IWF, NSPCC, Barnardo's and The Children's Society wrote to Yvette Cooper to say that violence against women and girls and child sexual abuse are "inherently and deeply connected".
Child safety organisations have welcomed the governments inclusion of child abuse victims in its violence against women and girls strategy.
The UK government says it will ban so-called "nudification" apps as part of efforts to tackle misogyny online.
The Internet Watch Foundation said it found topless images of girls that dark web forum users attributed to xAI’s Grok Imagine.