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Warning issued over AI ‘making it easier’ for British children to be exploited by gangs

Exclusive: AI is one of the driving forces behind rising numbers of young people becoming victims of trafficking, anti-slavery commissioner warns

The Independent UK · Oct 24

What is sextortion? The rising online trend targeting boys

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The Independent UK · Oct 9

The dark side of back-to-school: Why ExpressVPN urges parents to rethink their online privacy habits

ExpressVPN and the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) are warning parents about the dangers of posting back-to-school photos online, highlighting how easily innocent images can be scraped and manipulated by AI.

TechRadar · Aug 20

Criminal gangs profiting as child sexual abuse websites double, experts say

Analyst who worked on Internet Watch Foundation report says content exists ‘across all social media platforms’ and is ‘very easy’ to find

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23

Websites selling child abuse images double in past year as Jess Phillips hits out at ‘sickening’ new data

The minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls said “we will not allow criminal gangs to profit from children’s unimaginable suffering”

The Independent UK · Apr 22

'It doesn’t have to be all or nothing' — ExpressVPN launches privacy-first tool to combat CSAM

ExpressVPN has partnered with the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) to develop OpenBoundary, a new tool launched to block access to illegal content without compromising encryption.

TechRadar · Mar 4

Grok AI Deepfake Crisis Gets Ugly: 'Stranger Things' Child Star Become the Next Target

Grok AI faces renewed backlash after users generated sexualised deepfakes of 'Stranger Things' child actor Nell Fisher, escalating concerns over AI safety and child protection.

International Business Times UK · Jan 15

AI tool Grok used to create child sexual abuse imagery, watchdog says

Internet Watch Foundation warns Elon Musk-owned AI risks bringing sexualised imagery of children into the mainstream

The Guardian - UK · Jan 8

New crackdown on AI images of child sexual abuse as reports double in a year

The Internet Watch Foundation said there has been a surge in AI-generated abuse content depicting infants

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025

Tech companies and UK child safety agencies to test AI tools’ ability to create abuse images

New law will allow technology to be examined and ensure tools have safeguards to stop creation of material

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2025