Abuse material monitor says number of AI images assessed this year is already 40% higher than last year’s total

IWF found more AI child sexual abuse images in the first half of 2026 than all of 2025, including of children under two.

Open-source AI tools are fueling a rise in explicit child sexual images, and current laws are ill-equipped to stop it.

Open-source AI tools are fueling a rise in explicit child sexual images, and current laws are ill-equipped to stop it.

Find your Member of the European Parliament, see how they voted on protecting children online, and write to them from your own email app.

Would you sign a petition making it easier for child sexual abuse to spread online? We hope no one ever will. Find out what Europe is deciding, and act.

Would you sign a petition making it easier for child sexual abuse to spread online? We hope no one ever will. Find out what Europe is deciding, and act.

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The so-called social media ban is a revolutionary step, but is this a revolutionary moment for child safety?

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IWF warns EU children are being failed as 63% of global child sexual abuse webpages are hosted in the bloc. Urgent law needed.

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

Child sexual abuse is on the rise online and the predators behind it have a new business model that's hiding in plain sight.

AI-generated content is more explicit, extreme and complex than other types of child pornography that have been seen in the past, says the Internet Watch Foundation.

Im Internet finden sich laut einer Erhebung zunehmend KI-generierte Missbrauchsdarstellungen. Der Fortschritt der Technik erleichtert es Pädokriminellen, sogenannte Kinderpornografie zu erstellen.

We’re calling for an AI Bill that includes key measures to ensure safety-by-design becomes a non-negotiable standard in AI development.

EU child protection systems may become illegal on 3 April unless MEPs act to extend vital detection laws.

An analyst tells the BBC how she tracked down a victim of child sexual abuse after years of searching.

The IWF warns that the EU’s failure to extend the temporary derogation will force platforms to halt proactive detection of child sexual abuse, putting children at serious risk.

Forces say society’s misconceptions around offenders contributes to failure of some 1,200 safeguarded children each month

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Prime minister says outcomes of consultation on social media ban should be implemented quickly as technology minister says Australia-style ban is not inevitable

While providing legal certainty is desirable, the IWF says voluntary detection alone is not enough to meet the scale of the child sexual abuse crisis online.

The debate on the EU’s proposed Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (CSAR) has been dominated by one loud slogan. A slogan which may have dire consequences for the safety and wellbeing of millions of childr...

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

The IWF welcomes new measures to help make sure digital tools are safe as new data shows AI child sexual abuse is still spreading.

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

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

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