A leading child protection organisation has warned that abuse of AI technology threatens to "overwhelm" the internet.
Internet Watch Foundation finds 3,000 AI-made abuse images breaking UK law.
Volume of material children are coerced or groomed into creating prompts renewed attack on end-to-end encryption.
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) warns of a "shocking" rise of primary school children being coerced into performing sexually online.
Every time someone in the UK searched for child abuse material on Pornhub, a chatbot appeared and told them how to get help.
A new campaign warning children of the dangers of sharing sexually explicit images and videos has been launched, with an appeal for parents and young people to openly discuss these issues.
Young children are now more exposed to being groomed online due to a reliance on tech devices in lockdown, a charity has claimed.
CSAM hosting around the world rose 64 percent last year, and a surge in the United States put it second behind the Netherlands, a new report found.
Online child sexual abuse is at record high levels, according to exclusive figures given to ITV News.
Internet Watch Foundation says amount of material showing most extreme form of sexual abuse has doubled since 2020
Images of children aged as young as seven being abused online have risen by almost two thirds while the number of webpages found to contain the most extreme material has doubled in recent years, according to a report.
IWF analysts have seen accelerating numbers of public reports of child sexual abuse, with more people staying and working from home among contributing factors.