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.
Throughout the lockdown period the IWF Hotline has remained operational, but social distancing measures meant some activities had to be scaled back.
An IWF analyst’s instincts told him he could act quickly to intervene after he received an anonymous tip off.
Analysts are finding 15 times as much child sexual abuse material on the internet as they were 10 years ago, leaving them battling a "tidal wave of criminal material".