6 h. ago The tech companies racing to arm Europe against rising drone warfare threat

Drone warfare exploded following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022

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18 h. ago New crackdown on AI images of child sexual abuse as reports double in a year

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

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18 h. ago Tech companies and UK child safety agencies to test AI tools’ ability to create abuse images

New law will allow technology to be examined and ensure tools have safeguards to stop creation of materialTech companies and child protection agencies will be given the power to test whether artificial intelligence tools can produce child abuse images under a new UK law.The announcement was made as a safety watchdog revealed that reports of AI-generated child sexual abuse material [CSAM] have more than doubled in the past year from 199 in 2024 to 426 in 2025. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Law change set to allow AI testing to prevent creation of child sex abuse images

Reports of AI-generated child sexual abuse material have more than doubled in the past year.

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52 h. ago Image released following racially aggravated assault and abuse

Image released following racially aggravated assault and abuse - Central London  British Transport Police

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4 d. ago Family ordered to tear down front garden fence in UK planning row

Sophie Daly from Chepstow had sought permission to keep the fence, along with a garden gate to enhance safety and security' for her child and the family's large breed dog

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5 d. ago Charity boss warns Scotland's children are vulnerable as online abuse cases soar

Children First Chief Executive Mary Glasgow is calling on the Scottish Government to take action and work with tech companies.

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7 d. ago My chilling week on Roblox: sexually assaulted and shat on as a child avatar roaming the online world

In seven days my young alter ego is cyberbullied and attacked while exploring clubs, casinos and horror games, all with parental controls in place. Is the platform safe for children – or an ‘X-rated paedophile hellscape’?I am an eight-year-old girl, standing near-naked in a room full of strangers.As the room spins and zooms upon me and people glide around me, I clock my features. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Major school changes as parents given chilling warning over child safety

Primary school children will be taught how to spot fake news, deal with money and about the climate crisis under a major shake-up of the school curriculum published today

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9 d. ago From the childcare scandal to regressive ‘tough on crime’ policies, Australia is failing to protect its children | Anne Hollonds

There is an urgent need to make child safety, rights and wellbeing a national priority and to fix the accountability gaps putting them at riskLooking back at the past five years since I began in the role of national children’s commissioner, I am struck by how difficult it has been throughout this time to get political attention on the unmet needs of our most vulnerable children, who continue to be “left behind”.Far too many of these children end up in the overwhelmed child protection and justice systems because of poverty, disabilities, health and learning problems, discrimination and disadvantage. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Paedophile at centre of online sting that almost caused riot is jailed

Lee Comley, of Leigh Park, Havant, was arrested on July 1 after a group that calls itself the Child Online Safety Team live-streamed their confrontation with him before police arrived.

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2 w. ago Grooming gang accuser denies she made mistake in identity of attacker

Prosecutors say Girl C was one of two vulnerable school pupils who was "easy prey" and passed around for sex and abused "in the most humiliating and degrading way imaginable".

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2 w. ago Wishaw man caught with child sex abuse images on his phones while being investigated for similar offences

Robert Paterson also sent explicit photos to other paedophiles during online chats.

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2 w. ago Retired fireman sent sickening images of child sex abuse on WhatsApp

Roger Hoiles admitted to being in possession of over 1,000 cruel images and videos of child sex abuse and exploitation.

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2 w. ago Retired fireman, 78, caught with over 1000 child abuse images he stored on phone and memory card

Twisted Roger Hoiles was snared when cops received information that a device linked to his Neilston home was connected to the internet and contained the horrific material.

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2 w. ago Tech companies not doing enough to stop phone theft, say MPs

Many of the stolen devices end up being shipped overseas.

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2 w. ago Microsoft hopes Mico succeeds where Clippy failed as tech companies warily imbue AI with personality

Remember Clippy

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2 w. ago Five huge stars Quentin Tarantino would only ever work with once

Quentin Tarantino is renowned for his ability to create memorable roles tailored to specific actor's strengths, but not all of them were willing to work with him again

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3 w. ago Sicko couple made animal sex videos in flat above vet practice

Sick paedophile Daniel Rochford recorded his wife sexually abusing their dogs and shared them online for like-minded perverts to enjoy. He was also found with more than 150 sick child abuse images

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3 w. ago Six men 'sexually abused three girls in the most humiliating and degrading way imaginable’, trial hears

Tahir Rashid, 54, Mohammed Saleem, 46, Sucklane Shah, 46, Amjad Mahmood, 53, Itfaq Hussain, 45, and Arshad Mohammed, 55, all deny the offences they are accused of

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