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IWF warns of more AI-made child sexual abuse videos as tools behind them get more widespread and easier to use

It takes a lot to shock Kelvin Lay. My friend and colleague was responsible for setting up Africa’s first dedicated child exploitation and human trafficking units, and for many years he was a senior investigating officer for the Child Exploitation Online Protection Centre at the UK’s National Crime Agency, specialising…

Consequences of sharing nude images and subsequent threat of blackmail can be devastating. Talk to your child, say experts

Police broke up encampments at a further two US universities on Monday. Plus, a charity says pedophiles are creating nude AI images of children to blackmail them

Internet Watch Foundation has found a manual on dark web encouraging criminals to use software tools that remove clothing

The decision could set a precedent for future monitoring of people convicted of indecent image offences

Mirabai Chanu secures Paris Olympics qualification after finishing third in IWF World Cup in Phuket.

Nearly half of incidents where platform was known occurred on Snapchat, with 26% on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp

The Internet Watch Foundation reported the identification of self-generated child sexual abuse material involving children under 10 on over 100,000 web pages.

Volume of material children are coerced or groomed into creating prompts renewed attack on end-to-end encryption

‘Sextortion’ of young people in Scotland has risen sharply and boys and young men are most at risk