Tag: IWF
Do AI images count as indecent images?
It’s common knowledge that indecent images – photos or videos of children under 18 years old in sexual contexts – are against the law in the UK. However, the rapid development of artificial intelligence tools poses new problems, allowing offenders to generate AI images of child abuse. Organisations working to prevent child sexual abuse in…
Sexual predators grooming children under 6 online, Apple scraps eco-friendly accessories
Sexual predators are grooming children under six into performing “disturbing” acts of sexual abuse via phones or webcams a charity has warned. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) said it had discovered more than two thousand remotely filmed child abuse images of three to six-year-olds online in 2023. It follows recent warnings from the communications watchdog Ofcom…
