The Internet Watch Foundation identified 1,286 AI-generated videos of child sexual abuse in H1 2025 globally, up from just two in H1 2024
Organizations that track the material are reporting a surge in A.I. images and videos, which are threatening to overwhelm law enforcement.
The Internet Watch Foundation: 100K+ webpages featured self-generated CSAM in the past year, up 66% YoY; a record 275,655 webpages in total had CSAM, up 8% YoY
Volume of material children are coerced or groomed into creating prompts renewed attack on end-to-end encryption
The Internet Watch Foundation warns that generative AI is being used to create child sexual abuse imagery, and finds ~3K AI-made abuse images breaking UK law
Internet Watch Foundation finds 3,000 AI-made abuse images breaking UK law — The “worst nightmares” about artificial intelligence …
Profile of Internet Watch Foundation, a UK-based charity helping tech companies identify child sexual abuse material online, as it rebuilds its hashing software
Matt Burgess / Wired UK : Tweets: @wired , @joannashields , @iwfhotline , and @drproudman Tweets: @wired : The Internet Watch Foundation has rebuilt its hashing software, dubbed Intelligrade, to auto...