Illegal Trade In AI Child Sex Abuse Images Exposed

UNITED KINGDOM – The BBC has found pedophiles are using artificial intelligence technology to create and sell life-like child sexual abuse material.

Some are apparently accessing the images by paying subscriptions to accounts on mainstream content-sharing sites such as patreon.

Patreon said it had a “zero tolerance” policy about such imagery on its site.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council lead on Child Safeguarding Ian Critchley, said it would be wrong to argue that because no real children were depicted in such “synthetic” images – that no-one was harmed.