Rising number of UK children report seeing explicit deepfakes of themselves
The Report Remove service said it had received 420 reports from children so far this year. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PAView image in fullscreenThe Report Remove service said it had received 420 reports from children so far this year. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The GuardianThe IWF, which monitors the distribution of child sexual abuse material [CSAM] online, said the majority of the reports of manipulated images made to Report Remove in 2025 and 2026 were so severe that they passed the CSAM threshold.
- ▪The Report Remove service said it had received 420 reports from children so far this year.
- ▪Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PAView image in fullscreenThe Report Remove service said it had received 420 reports from children so far this year.
- ▪Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The GuardianThe IWF, which monitors the distribution of child sexual abuse material [CSAM] online, said the majority of the reports of manipulated images made to Report Remove in 2025 and 2026 were so severe tha
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The Report Remove service said it had received 420 reports from children so far this year. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PAView image in fullscreenThe Report Remove service said it had received 420 reports from children so far this year. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PADeepfakeRising number of UK children report seeing explicit deepfakes of themselvesExclusive: anonymous flagging service says cases have surged, as watchdog says AI is making sexualised or ‘nudified’ content easier to produceDan Milmo Global technology editorSat 8 Aug 2026 03.00 EDTLast modified on Sat 8 Aug 2026 03.01 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleChildren in the UK have reported a surge in explicit deepfake images featuring their likenesses, as a safety watchdog warned AI is making such content easier to produce.The…
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