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.
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.
Digital fingerprints of a million images of child sexual abuse have been created, the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has said.
IWF warns of more AI-made child sexual abuse videos as tools behind them get more widespread and easier to use
Watchdogs say its a "stark vision of the future."
More children than ever are becoming victim of online sexual abuse, with technology offering abusers more access to them than ever.
Last year was the “most extreme year on record” for child sexual abuse online, UK based charity Internet Watch Foundation warned.
AI used to generate deepfake images of child sexual abuse uses photos of real victims as reference material, a report has found.
As new data shows EU servers are being targeted by criminals to host this imagery, EU legislators must pass vital new legislation to get a grip on the worsening situation and prevent the abuse of EU servers by criminals profiting off child sexual abuse imagery, writes Susie Hargreaves.
Paedophiles are using artificial intelligence (AI) to ‘de-age’ celebrities and create images of them as children.
Internet Watch Foundation finds 3,000 AI-made abuse images breaking UK law.