Children being groomed on webcams 'fuelling rise in child sex abuse images'
5 years, 8 months ago

Children being groomed on webcams 'fuelling rise in child sex abuse images'

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The charity, which acts as the UK’s main watchdog for online child abuse images, said every photo or video represented a victim being abused or coerced. Matthew Falder: One of Britain's most prolific pedophiles jailed for 32 years “We simply don’t know if Olivia was aware that images of her abuse were being shared online,” the report added. “It is not sustainable for companies to simply identify indecent images on their servers and report it to law enforcement, when we know that technologically you can prevent it at source.” Matthew Falder, one of Britain’s most prolific paedophiles, blackmailed victims into sending him images of obscene acts Ms Hargreaves said the cause of rising offences was demand from people wanting to watch children being abused. “This is a global challenge and no doubt every country’s police force will have their own estimations of this criminality.” The IWF found the images on file hosting “cyberlockers”, blogs, websites, forums, video channels and social networks, with the Netherlands hosting the highest proportion of child abuse images, followed by the US and Russia.

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How UK watchdog plans to 'drive out' children from social media sites
2 weeks, 3 days ago

How UK watchdog plans to 'drive out' children from social media sites

Hindustan Times  

Social media companies in the UK will be implementing the use of facial recognition age checks to “drive out” under-age children from their sites. John Higham, the online regulator’s head of online safety policy, said platforms would be expected to remove potentially millions of children from their sites by using “highly accurate and effective” age checks. According to estimates by …

Sickening deepfake and AI-generated child abuse images are doubling every six months, Britain's FBI warns
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Sickening deepfake and AI-generated child abuse images are doubling every six months, Britain's FBI warns

Daily Mail  

The amount of deepfake and AI-generated child abuse images online is doubling every six months, a National Crime Agency director has warned. The images are generated by software which learns from photos and videos of real child abuse, Mr Murray, who is also the AI lead for the National Police Chiefs' Council, added. The amount of deepfake and AI-generated child …

How to talk to your children about staying safe on the internet
2 months, 1 week ago

How to talk to your children about staying safe on the internet

The Independent  

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Online grooming crimes reach record levels, NSPCC says
2 months, 1 week ago

Online grooming crimes reach record levels, NSPCC says

The Independent  

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AI-generated child sex abuse content increasingly found on open web – watchdog
2 months, 3 weeks ago

AI-generated child sex abuse content increasingly found on open web – watchdog

The Independent  

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Government strengthens Online Safety Act to crack down on revenge porn
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Government strengthens Online Safety Act to crack down on revenge porn

The Independent  

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Instagram 'is profiting from AI-generated child abuse images': Charity lawyers target social media giant Meta for 'not tackling' a 'new frontier of horror' that sees paedophiles advertise websites sel
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Instagram 'is profiting from AI-generated child abuse images': Charity lawyers target social media giant Meta for 'not tackling' a 'new frontier of horror' that sees paedophiles advertise websites sel

Daily Mail  

Instagram is facing a legal challenge over claims it profits by allowing users to advertise AI-generated child sex abuse images. In what campaigners say is a 'new frontier of horror', paedophiles are using artificial intelligence software to generate thousands of sexualised images of children, which they brazenly market on Instagram, telling users to click on their sites to buy even …

Parents should check children's smartphones for nude photos until they turn 18, says police boss
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Parents should check children's smartphones for nude photos until they turn 18, says police boss

Daily Mail  

Parents should check their children's smartphones until the age of 18, according to the national police lead on child protection. Assistant Chief Constable Becky Riggs, the new lead for child abuse investigations at the National Police Chiefs' Council, has urged parents to report any intimate images they find on a child's phone and discourage them from being shared under any …

Teenagers driven to suicide and online child abuse reported every SECOND... how a retired detective is leading a team of Scottish experts in the fightback against criminal gangs targeting children in
6 months, 1 week ago

Teenagers driven to suicide and online child abuse reported every SECOND... how a retired detective is leading a team of Scottish experts in the fightback against criminal gangs targeting children in

Daily Mail  

Eleven years ago, when 17-year-old Daniel Perry decided his least dreadful option was to take his own life, the online crime of ‘sextortion’ was little understood in Scotland. Murray Dowey, left, and Daniel Perry took their own lives after being targeted Retired detective Paul Stanfield has seen lives ripped apart by the sexual exploitation and abuse of children online ‘He …

Prioritise children’s online safety at election to tackle ‘hidden pandemic’ of sexual abuse, experts urge
7 months ago

Prioritise children’s online safety at election to tackle ‘hidden pandemic’ of sexual abuse, experts urge

The Independent  

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More than 300 million children a year face sexual abuse online, study suggests
7 months, 1 week ago

More than 300 million children a year face sexual abuse online, study suggests

The Independent  

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Shocking survey into online predators prompts warning to parents about sharing photos of kids online
8 months, 1 week ago

Shocking survey into online predators prompts warning to parents about sharing photos of kids online

ABC  

In short: A new survey has found online predators are targeting parents who share photos of their children on social media. Australians posting photos of their children on social media are being targeted by online predators, with some even offering payments to try to encourage parents to send sexual images to them. "Australians are increasingly sharing more of their personal …

Children, three, manipulated into sending predators sexual pictures, report claims
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Children, three, manipulated into sending predators sexual pictures, report claims

Daily Mail  

A new report has found that children as young as three are being manipulated into sending predators sexual pictures and videos. A new report has found that children as young as three are being manipulated into sending predators sexual pictures and videos Susie Hargreaves, chief executive of the IWF, said: 'The opportunistic criminals who want to manipulate your children into …

Smart camera glitch exposes people’s homes to strangers
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Smart camera glitch exposes people’s homes to strangers

The Independent  

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AI image-generators are being trained on explicit photos of children, a study shows
1 year ago

AI image-generators are being trained on explicit photos of children, a study shows

Associated Press  

Hidden inside the foundation of popular artificial intelligence image-generators are thousands of images of child sexual abuse, according to a new report that urges companies to take action to address a harmful flaw in the technology they built. LAION, which stands for the nonprofit Large-scale Artificial Intelligence Open Network, said in a statement that it “has a zero tolerance policy …

Study shows AI image generators being trained on explicit photos of children
1 year ago

Study shows AI image generators being trained on explicit photos of children

LA Times  

David Thiel, chief technologist at the Stanford Internet Observatory, wrote its report that discovered images of child sexual abuse in the data used to train artificial intelligence image generators. LAION said in a statement that it “has a zero tolerance policy for illegal content and in an abundance of caution, we have taken down the LAION datasets to ensure they …

UK focuses on child safety at the start of new online regime
1 year, 2 months ago

UK focuses on child safety at the start of new online regime

The Hindu  

Britain's communications regulator said tech companies must focus on protecting children from abuse, grooming and pro-suicide content, in its first steps as the enforcer of online safety. Ofcom, which gained new powers when the Online Safety Act came into law last month, said children were a key priority. Chief Executive Melanie Dawes said Ofcom was wasting no time in setting …

Paedophiles are using AI to create sexual images of celebrities as CHILDREN, report finds
1 year, 2 months ago

Paedophiles are using AI to create sexual images of celebrities as CHILDREN, report finds

Daily Mail  

An internet watchdog says that its 'worst nightmares have come true' as paedophiles are using AI to flood the internet with sexual images of celebrities as children. Researchers from The Internet Watch Foundation warn that the internet is at risk of being overwhelmed by AI-generated child sex abuse images Of the 3,000 images posted 54 per cent depicted children aged …

AI-generated child sexual abuse images could flood the internet; UK watchdog calls for action
1 year, 2 months ago

AI-generated child sexual abuse images could flood the internet; UK watchdog calls for action

The Hindu  

The already-alarming proliferation of child sexual abuse images on the internet could become much worse if something is not done to put controls on artificial intelligence tools that generate deepfake photos, a watchdog agency warned on Tuesday. In a written report, the U.K.-based Internet Watch Foundation urges governments and technology providers to act quickly before a flood of AI-generated images …

AI-generated child sexual abuse images could flood the internet. Now there are calls for action
1 year, 2 months ago

AI-generated child sexual abuse images could flood the internet. Now there are calls for action

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The already-alarming proliferation of child sexual abuse images on the internet could become much worse if something is not done to put controls on artificial intelligence tools that generate deepfake photos, a watchdog agency warned on Tuesday. If it isn’t stopped, the flood of deepfake child sexual abuse images could bog investigators down trying to rescue children …

Spanish town sees AI generated nude images of several local minor girls circulate online
1 year, 3 months ago

Spanish town sees AI generated nude images of several local minor girls circulate online

Op India  

In Almendralejo city of Spain, AI-generated nude images of several teenage girls have sparked outrage. The AI-generated nude pictures of girls were circulating on social media platforms while the girls seen in the deepfake images were unaware of it. The complaints concerning the AI-generated nude pictures and videos started surfacing last week when children returned to schools after the summer …

‘Shocking’ rise in number of children falling victim to sextortion, charity says
1 year, 3 months ago

‘Shocking’ rise in number of children falling victim to sextortion, charity says

The Independent  

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Sex offenders are using virtual reality to ‘groom and abuse children’
1 year, 4 months ago

Sex offenders are using virtual reality to ‘groom and abuse children’

The Independent  

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Child abuse images created by AI is making it harder to protect victims as law enforcement find it more difficult to identify whether real children are at risk, National Crime Agency warns
1 year, 5 months ago

Child abuse images created by AI is making it harder to protect victims as law enforcement find it more difficult to identify whether real children are at risk, National Crime Agency warns

Daily Mail  

Child abuse images created by artificial intelligence have made it harder to protect victims, the National Crime Agency warned yesterday. The increasing use of realistic AI-generated child pornography has given law enforcement agencies issues over identifying whether real children are at risk. Graeme Biggar, who became the NCA's permanent director-general last summer, warned that the computer-generated images flooding the internet …

Internet Watch Foundation confirms first AI-generated child sex abuse images
1 year, 5 months ago

Internet Watch Foundation confirms first AI-generated child sex abuse images

The Independent  

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Nude Videos of Kids From Hacked Baby Monitors Were Sold on Telegram
1 year, 5 months ago

Nude Videos of Kids From Hacked Baby Monitors Were Sold on Telegram

Wired  

It was another busy week in security, complete with hacks, murders, prosecutions, and US congressional investigations. An explosive report from IPVM, a surveillance industry trade publication, found that child sexual abuse material sourced from hundreds of hacked Hikvision cameras is being sold on Telegram. The report states that hackers likely gained access to insecure Hikvision cameras by exploiting weak or …

British police assessing information from BBC over claim a presenter paid a teen for explicit photos
1 year, 5 months ago

British police assessing information from BBC over claim a presenter paid a teen for explicit photos

The Independent  

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'Child porn content in UK doubled in two years, children below 2 most affected'
1 year, 8 months ago

'Child porn content in UK doubled in two years, children below 2 most affected'

Firstpost  

According to the study, 81% of the pictures of abuse that were found were of young infants under the age of two. While the remainder contained 17% of those aged eleven to thirteen, 20% of those aged seven to ten, and 50% of those aged three to six London: An internet watchdog has discovered that criminals are commercialising the sexual …

Paedophiles are abusing children in the METAVERSE, police say
1 year, 10 months ago

Paedophiles are abusing children in the METAVERSE, police say

Daily Mail  

Paedophiles are exploiting virtual reality environments like the metaverse to abuse children, an NSPCC investigation has revealed for the first time. West Midlands police recorded five instances of metaverse abuse and Warwickshire one, while Surrey police recorded two crimes — including one that involved Meta's Oculus headset, which is now called the Quest. Disturbing: Paedophiles are exploiting virtual reality environments …

Surge in paedophiles using virtual reality tech in child abuse image crime
1 year, 10 months ago

Surge in paedophiles using virtual reality tech in child abuse image crime

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Paedophiles are starting to use virtual reality headsets to view child abuse images, …

Children being coerced into most severe forms of sexual abuse online – report
2 years, 1 month ago

Children being coerced into most severe forms of sexual abuse online – report

The Independent  

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A shocking 16% of kids have suffered online sex abuse, and predatory adults are not the only threat
2 years, 2 months ago

A shocking 16% of kids have suffered online sex abuse, and predatory adults are not the only threat

Daily Mail  

A study has lifted the lid on online child sex abuse in modern-day America, showing that nearly 16 percent of minors have been pressured into everything from sexting to taking sexual photos of themselves and sharing them over the internet. A University of New Hampshire in Durham study has revealed that 15.6 percent of children have experienced online sexual abuse …

'Sextortionists' targeting teens in WA, Consumer Protection warns
2 years, 6 months ago

'Sextortionists' targeting teens in WA, Consumer Protection warns

ABC  

"Sextortionists" are targeting young men and boys in Western Australia by posing as attractive women online and then blackmailing victims for money, officials say. Key points: Consumer Protection says adolescents are particularly susceptible to sextortion scams The watchdog is encouraging parents to speak with their children about the risks of being targeted online Victims are encouraged to contact WA ScamNet …

‘Didn’t Know Camera Was on Us’: Anushka Requests Media Not to Carry Vamika Pics
2 years, 11 months ago

‘Didn’t Know Camera Was on Us’: Anushka Requests Media Not to Carry Vamika Pics

The Quint  

India currently does not have a robust mechanism for protection of privacy of children, which would be relevant to the sharing of photographs of celebrities' kids. For instance, Section 67B of the Information Technology Act punishes the publication of photographs which depicts children in an obscene or indecent or sexually explicit act. Section 23 of the Protection of Children from …

Children May Have Easy Access to Possible Sex Abuse Videos on Porn Sites, Study Warns
3 years, 9 months ago

Children May Have Easy Access to Possible Sex Abuse Videos on Porn Sites, Study Warns

News 18  

A study conducted by Durham University revealed that many adult sites including Pornhub were exposing children to suspected videos of sexual violence and abuse without any check of age. He said that the findings of the study ask questions “about the extent of criminal material easily and freely available on mainstream porn websites”, along with the regulatory mechanisms and its …

Revenge porn victims double in two years as abusers find new 'tool of manipulation'
3 years, 9 months ago

Revenge porn victims double in two years as abusers find new 'tool of manipulation'

The Telegraph  

Victims of revenge porn have doubled in number over the past two years amid concern heightened public awareness has armed abusers with a new “tool of manipulation”. A survey by the law firm Slater and Gordon found that around 15 per cent of people have had a sexual image disclosed without their consent, compared to 8 per cent in 2019. …

Sharing ‘deepfake’ videos and ‘downblouse’ cleavage pictures could become illegal
3 years, 10 months ago

Sharing ‘deepfake’ videos and ‘downblouse’ cleavage pictures could become illegal

The Independent  

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Hosting companies face large fines for failing to remove child porn
3 years, 10 months ago

Hosting companies face large fines for failing to remove child porn

Dutch News  

Internet hosting companies which fail to remove pornographic material involving children from their servers within 24 hours of report will face a fine of up to 4% of their annual turnover, if new legislation drawn up by justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus becomes law. Researchers at Delft University found last year that 84% of reported child porn is taken off line …

Government urged to criminalise threats to share revenge porn as reports surge by 73%
3 years, 11 months ago

Government urged to criminalise threats to share revenge porn as reports surge by 73%

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The government has been urged to criminalise threats to share revenge porn …

Thousands of explicit images of Irish women leaked
4 years, 1 month ago

Thousands of explicit images of Irish women leaked

The Independent  

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365 Days Challenge: How TikTok's U-turn affects teenagers
4 years, 4 months ago

365 Days Challenge: How TikTok's U-turn affects teenagers

The Independent  

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Online child sex abuse reports surge as kids spend more time on computers amid coronavirus
4 years, 7 months ago

Online child sex abuse reports surge as kids spend more time on computers amid coronavirus

LA Times  

City Hall is reflected on the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters in downtown Los Angeles. Law enforcement officials in Los Angeles and across the country have been overwhelmed in recent months by a surge in tips about online child sex abuse, with social media platforms and other service providers flagging explicit content and suspicious interactions at an alarming rate. The …

Child exploitation websites 'crashing' during coronavirus amid sharp rise in reported abuse
4 years, 7 months ago

Child exploitation websites 'crashing' during coronavirus amid sharp rise in reported abuse

ABC  

Australian law enforcement authorities have witnessed child abuse websites "crashing" over recent weeks because of a sharp increase in people accessing them during the coronavirus health crisis. Key points: Reports of child abuse have risen from 776 to 1,731 per month Children are more vulnerable because they are spending more time online The AFP has busted two alleged child abuse …

'Perfect storm to find, trick and coerce': Girls at increased risk of being groomed online during coronavirus lockdown
4 years, 8 months ago

'Perfect storm to find, trick and coerce': Girls at increased risk of being groomed online during coronavirus lockdown

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Charities warn lockdown measures create “a perfect storm” for abusers to “find, trick and coerce” young …

Children as young as six among hundreds of underage ‘sexting’ offence suspects
4 years, 10 months ago

Children as young as six among hundreds of underage ‘sexting’ offence suspects

The Independent  

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Young girls groomed ‘within seconds’ of going on to livestreaming websites in ‘sinister’ trend
4 years, 11 months ago

Young girls groomed ‘within seconds’ of going on to livestreaming websites in ‘sinister’ trend

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Young girls are being groomed “within seconds” of going on to​ livestreaming …

MPs suggest app to monitor access to child porn online
4 years, 11 months ago

MPs suggest app to monitor access to child porn online

Hindustan Times  

A committee of parliamentarians drawn up to suggest ways to combat spread of child pornography has recommended digital messaging and social networking service providers be made to bypass end-to-end encryption to track down suspects and all devices sold in India must have new software that detects attempts to access such content. The suggestions cover legislative, technical, social, institutional and educational …

Rise in pre-teen girls tricked into online sex acts
4 years, 11 months ago

Rise in pre-teen girls tricked into online sex acts

Hindustan Times  

A growing number of girls as young as 11 are being tricked or coerced into sharing selfies of themselves being sexually abused online, a charity that removes such content said on Wednesday. The UK-based Internet Watch Foundation said it responded to more than 37,000 reports of online child sex abuse recorded by the victims themselves in the first 11 months …

Children filming themselves in graphic sexual videos for 'likes' online in growing trend
5 years ago

Children filming themselves in graphic sexual videos for 'likes' online in growing trend

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A third of child sex abuse images are originally posted …

Revenge porn online advice service views more than double in a year
5 years ago

Revenge porn online advice service views more than double in a year

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A charity has recorded a sharp increase in the number of views …

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