UK to crack down on networks profiting from online child sex abuse New Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood unveiled new plans at a summit with Five Eyes countries. Evening Standard · Sep 9, 2025
Major crackdown on networks profiting from online child sex abuse New Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood unveiled new plans for the UK to disrupt criminal networks that exploit children The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025
Judge us by impact of new online safety measures for children, says regulator Actions which could be taken against firms which fail to adhere to the new codes include fines and potentially blocked access in the UK. Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2025
AI-powered 'Nudify' Apps Fuel Deadly Wave Of Digital Blackmail After a Kentucky teenager died by suicide this year, his parents discovered he had received threatening texts demanding $3,000 to suppress an AI-generated nude image of him. International Business Times · Jul 17, 2025
NWSL and US Soccer’s lack of transgender policy targeted by conservative lobby groups The NWSL’s transgender participation policy, thought to still be in place, was abandoned in 2022, the league confirmed The Guardian - US · Jul 15, 2025
Charity warns AI-generated child sex abuse videos ‘now as lifelike as real footage’ New data from the Internet Watch Foundation revealed 1,286 AI-generated videos were discovered in the first half of this year The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2025
AI-generated child sexual abuse videos surging online, watchdog says Internet Watch Foundation verified 1,286 AI-made videos in first half of year, mostly in worst category of abuse The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2025
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 · Apr 25, 2025
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 · Apr 24, 2025
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 · Apr 24, 2025
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 · Apr 22, 2025
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 · Apr 22, 2025
‘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 · Apr 22, 2025
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 The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2025
Evening Standard · Feb 21, 2025 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.
Al Jazeera · Feb 2, 2025 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.
Evening Standard · Feb 2, 2025 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.
The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2025 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 Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2025 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
Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2025 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 · Jan 22, 2025 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 · Dec 4, 2024 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 · Dec 3, 2024 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 · Nov 26, 2024 '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 · Oct 18, 2024 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