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Warnings issued as rising amount of child sexual abuse material hosted on websites in EU countries

A rise in child sex abuse material has been linked to websites hosted in EU countries, according to the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).

Euronews

Social media curfews for children could become law, Labour minister says

The comments come as TikTok announces plans to impose a 10pm curfew for users under 16

The Independent UK

Social media curfews could be imposed on children, says Technology Secretary

Peter Kyle said he was watching TikTok’s planned 10pm curfew for users under 16 ‘very carefully’.

Evening Standard

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AI-generated images and sextortion among surge in child sex abuse material online

2024 saw record levels of web pages hosting child sexual abuse imagery discovered, according to a leading online safety organisation.

The Independent UK

AI images of child sexual abuse getting ‘significantly more realistic’, says watchdog

Internet Watch Foundation report shows 380% increase in illegal AI-generated imagery in 2024, most of it ‘category A’

The Guardian - UK

‘Record levels of web pages hosting child sex abuse imagery discovered in 2024’

The Internet Watch Foundation has announced it will offer a new safety tool to smaller sites for free to help fight online harms.

Evening Standard

Children in UK as young as 11 targeted by sextortion criminals, data reveals

Internet Watch Foundation says ‘worrying’ trend shows criminals are casting their nets wider to trap victims

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Bluesky boosts safety tools as user numbers continue to rise

The social media site has seen its user numbers more than double between November and January as users continue to flee Elon Musk’s X.

Evening Standard

UK to become first country to criminalise AI child abuse tools

UK will make it a crime to possess, create or distribute AI tools that generate sexual content targeting children.

Al Jazeera

AI tools have put child sexual abuse ‘on steroids’, Home Secretary warns

The Home Office said fake images are being used to blackmail children and force them to livestream further abuse.

Evening Standard

Creators of AI child sex abuse images face up to five years in prison under crackdown

UK to be first country to make owning artificial intelligence tools designed to make images of child sexual abuse illegal

The Independent UK

AI tools used for child sexual abuse images targeted in Home Office crackdown

UK will be first country to bring in tough new laws to tackle the technology behind the creation of abusive material

The Guardian - UK

Yvette Cooper launches crackdown on AI child sex abuse images

The UK will be the first country in the world to make it illegal to own AI tools used for making child sexual abuse, the Home Secretary has announced.

Evening Standard

Online safety group urges Starmer to intervene over child sexual abuse imagery

The Internet Watch Foundation has called on the Prime Minister to step in over what it says are gaps in the Online Safety Act.

Evening Standard

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Telegram to work with internet watchdog on child sexual abuse material crackdown

The messaging platform will use tools from the Internet Watch Foundation to help detect and remove abuse material.

Golf Monthly

Former Pro Amy Olson Says It's 'Not Right' That LPGA Founders' Work Is Being 'Hijacked' By Transgender Golfers

Olson is one of 275 players to have signed a letter addressed to the LPGA Tour which asks for a change in the circuit's gender participation policy

Golf Monthly

'I'm Just Praying The Policy Gets Changed' - Pro Calls On LPGA Tour To 'Protect Female Golfers' By Reverting Gender Rules

Epson Tour golfer Olivia Schmidt spoke to the Independent Women's Forum for a documentary series called 'Tee Time: Keep Women’s Golf Female' and outlined her concerns over the current regulations set out by the LPGA Tour

The Guardian - UK

AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery reaching ‘tipping point’, says watchdog

Internet Watch Foundation says illegal AI-made content is becoming more prevalent on open web with high level of sophistication

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National Crime Agency threatens extraditions over rise in sextortion cases

Exclusive: Agency says foreign gangs not safe from prosecution in UK and plans new recording label to track extent of the crime

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

AI advances could lead to more child sexual abuse videos, watchdog warns

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

The Conversation

We found over 300 million young people had experienced online sexual abuse and exploitation over the course of our meta-study

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…

The Guardian - UK

How can parents protect their children from sextortion?

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

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Dozens arrested at Yale and NYU as pro-Palestine student protests spread

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

The Guardian - UK

Paedophiles create nude AI images of children to extort from them, says charity

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

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