The United Kingdom is set to become the first country to consider passing laws dealing with child sexual abuse images created through Artificial Intelligence.
The new legislation provides for severe penalties for those who possess, create, distribute, or through instructions teach others how to create images of child abuse.
In a civilian car with police officers, he heads towards a house in a neighborhood of Hertfordshire.
The police approach the suspect's house and force open the door. The goal is to prevent the destruction of evidence before it can be confiscated.
The suspects inside are believed to be using Artificial Intelligence to create and distribute images of child abuse.
The new laws will make it illegal to possess, create and distribute child abuse images created through Artificial Intelligence. Anyone caught will face sentences of up to five years in prison.
Those who possess instructions on how such images can be created through Artificial Intelligence will face three years in prison.
It is now illegal to possess images of child abuse created by Artificial Intelligence. New laws are targeting the creators of these images.
Child abusers who manage websites with images of child sexual abuse will face up to ten years in prison, under the new law.
According to research by the Internet Watch Foundation, child sexual abuse images created through Artificial Intelligence on the internet have quadrupled in a year.
The report says that during 2024, 245 cases of child abuse images created through Artificial Intelligence were encountered, compared to 51 cases in 2023, an increase of 380 percent.
Researchers say that in 193 cases, the images were so realistic that they had to be treated as if they were real photographs of child sexual abuse.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Homeland Security responsible for the new laws, Jess Phillips, says Britain is leading the way in tackling the most horrific online crimes.
“This is a global problem that needs a global solution, but the British government is leading the effort to crack down on this horrific crime. The addition of AI-generated images of children, based on original images of rape victims that already exist, or using images of my children or other children to create horrific content, is a huge battle. It starts here, but it doesn’t end there,” she says.
Ms Phillips adds that big tech companies will be incentivised to take down sites with such content.
“Big tech companies can do more and should do more. They should not wait for legislation to do the right thing. They should use their own moral codes and think about their children when deciding on policies. Working with big tech companies in this regard is not new. Especially with regard to child abuse images, a lot of work has been done over the years, with the aim of catching and removing this content. But the Internet Safety Act, which will come into force soon, means that if a company fails to do this it will pay up to 10 percent of global profits, ”says Ms Philips.
But the Internet Watch Foundation says that while the new law is welcomed, images of child abuse are becoming more extreme and that people should not be complacent, thinking that this law will eliminate this crime.
Expert Derek Ray-Hill says global action is necessary.
"Enforcing these directives is extremely important. How do you categorize a site that distributes child sexual abuse material? This is an international crime and we call on the UK government to use its influence on the international stage to put pressure on governments around the world to take similar action," he says.
Mr. Ray-Hill says that any child can be a victim of realistic-looking images of sexual abuse, which can be created through Artificial Intelligence, with a few requests and clicks./ VOA (A2 Televizion)
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