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.
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.
The numbers are staggering, but experts say what we’re seeing is only the beginning. As AI-generated child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, surges to record levels, researchers warn that the technology isn’t just producing more harmful content, but it’s fundamentally changing how children are targeted; how survivors are revictimized; and how investigators are overwhelmed.
Experts said a ‘frightening’ advancement of AI-generated technology has seen AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery surge over the past year.
IWF meldt maandag dat er tussen januari en juni al meer door AI gemaakte beelden van seksueel kindermisbruik opdoken dan in het hele jaar 2025. De organisatie vraagt de Europese Unie om snel een wettelijk kader uit te werken.
Like millions of parents, I thought “sharenting” was harmless. What I discovered made me rethink what — and who — I was exposing my child to.
There are real worries that Artificial Intelligence is making it easier to create images of child sexual abuse.
The National Crime Agency is warning that innocent family pictures are increasingly being stolen and manipulated by AI to create abusive images of children.
Georgia Harrison has been campaigning for stricter online safety rules and recently met with the Prime Minister to discuss a new 'Georgia's Law'.
A new flood of child sexual abuse material created by artificial intelligence is hitting a tipping point of realism, threatening to overwhelm the authorities. Over the past two years, new AI technologies have made it easier for criminals to create explicit images and videos of children. Now, researchers at organizations including the Internet Watch Foundation and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children are warning of a surge of new material this year that is nearly indistinguishable from actual abuse.
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