Deepfake Abuse
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Deepfake abuse
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| ModerateA measured study or an official source | 0 | 2 |
| EmergingEarly, small, unreviewed or reported second-hand | 0 | 6 |
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In the first half of 2026 the Internet Watch Foundation assessed 6,310 AI-generated still images that met the legal definition of child sexual abuse, about 40% above the more than 4,500 for all of 2025.
A legal study of Cirebon police handling describes offenders taking children's photos from social media and using AI apps to turn them into indecent images; police treat it as cybercrime and digital pornography.
Australia's eSafety Commissioner told a parliamentary inquiry that nudify apps are downloaded about 200,000 times a month, and new eSafety research found one in five children had potentially harmful AI chatbot or companion interactions.
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