Image-Based Abuse, AI, Chatbots and Deepfakes, and Sexploitation.

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“AI-generated sexual abuse material is rising at an unprecedented rate, with a 26,000% increase in a single year.”
— Internet Watch Foundation (2025)

  • Image-based abuse is when intimate photos or videos, whether real or created using AI, are created or shared without consent, causing emotional and social harm.

    In 2025, about 1 in 13 under-18s experienced this.

    22,275 cases of intimate image abuse in 2024, a 20.9% increase in one year.

    We make clear what constitutes image-based abuse and how it is used to control, exploit, and harm, both online and offline. This includes the sharing of intimate images without consent, threats to share images, and manipulation or coercion to obtain them.

  • 98% of AI-generated videos online are non-consensual sexual content and 99% of this content targets womem and girls.

    Examines the risks and impact of AI, chatbots, and deepfakes in shaping behaviour, relationships, and harm among young people. It highlights how these technologies can be used for manipulation, exploitation, misinformation, and abuse—including the creation of fake or non-consensual images.

    Sessions equip individuals to question what they see and interact with online, recognise misuse, and respond critically—promoting accountability, digital awareness, and safer use of emerging technologies.

  • Over 110 child sextortion attempts reported to police each month in the UK, with boys being heavily targeted. (2025)

    Sexploitation refers to the sexual abuse, coercion, or exploitation of young people often for profit, information, manipulation, or control. Sexploitation occurs in online grooming, trafficking, and forced sharing of sexual content. It encompasses situations where minors are pressured, tricked, or forced into sexual activity or to produce sexual material, which is then distributed or used to exploit them.

    In 2025, reports of online sexual exploitation of children surged with technology‑facilitated offenses like AI‑enabled exploitation increasing dramatically. Reports of AI‑related abuse climbed from about 6,800 to over 440,000 in one year, and financial sextortion reports grew significantly as well, illustrating how pervasive digital harms have become for youth globally

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