The girl sent a photo to a boy in her class before the image and her phone number were added to all-male online chat groups - she later started disappearing before being abused by "unknown men".
A new report from the IWF shows how the pace of AI development has not slowed as offenders are using better, faster and more accessible tools to generate new criminal images and videos.
Despite travel bans, experts say there must be no delaying what could be a ‘significant’ move for children’s online safety.
IWF reveals 2024 as the worst year for online child sexual abuse imagery urging the Prime Minister to strengthen the Online Safety Act and close critical loopholes.
The processes IWF use to assess child sexual abuse imagery online and have it removed from the internet.
IWF warns full effects of lockdown are only now becoming apparent as younger children are groomed into sexual abuse online.
IWF response to the consultation on government paper on their plans to criminalise the possession of non-photographic images of child sexual abuse.
An IWF analyst’s instincts told him he could act quickly to intervene after he received an anonymous tip off.