Statement
KIFOV’s position on AI-generated child sexual abuse material
Realistic sexual images of children made with AI are abuse material. They should be treated in law, by platforms and by AI companies exactly as such.
AI and children
Synthetic images, chatbots and recommendation systems, and the new risks and protections they bring for children.
Statement
KIFOV’s position on AI-generated child sexual abuse material
Realistic sexual images of children made with AI are abuse material. They should be treated in law, by platforms and by AI companies exactly as such.
Research
KIFOV Briefing, October 2026: children’s safety online, where things stand
A compact reference for journalists, policymakers and professionals: the latest data on harm to children online, what courts and regulators now require of platforms, and verified routes to help.
Explainer
AI companion chatbots and teenagers: what changed when Character.AI ended open-ended chat for under-18s
One of the best-known companion apps stopped letting teenagers chat freely with its AI characters. What the company changed, why it matters, and what parents can ask about the apps their children use.
Explainer
The Take It Down Act is now enforced: how to get an intimate image removed in the United States
Since 19 May 2026, platforms in the US must remove reported intimate images, including AI-made fakes, within 48 hours. Here is how the process works, and how it fits with the services young people already use.
News
21.3 million reports in a year: what NCMEC’s 2025 CyberTipline data shows about risks to children
Reports of online enticement rose 158% and child sex trafficking reports 323%. The figures are a record of what was reported, which is not the same as a measure of how often children are harmed.
News
AI-generated abuse videos rose more than 260-fold in a year, the Internet Watch Foundation reports
The UK hotline confirmed 3,443 AI-generated child sexual abuse videos in 2025. Its data also shows sextortion cases more than doubling, almost all of them against teenage boys.