Children are making indecent images of other children using artificial intelligence (AI) image generators, according to a UK charity.
The UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC) said it had received "a small number of reports" from schools but called for action now before the problem grew.
It said children might need help to understand that what they were making was considered child abuse material.
The court was told that Edwards had installed a "legitimate application" which allowed him to record images sent to him by the girls on Snapchat, without their knowledge.
He would threaten to share the images he already had on social media if they did not comply with his requests for more.
A town in southern Spain is in shock after it emerged that AI-generated naked images of young local girls had been circulating on social media without their knowledge.
Police are now investigating and according to reports, at least 11 local boys have been identified as having involvement in either the creation of the images or their circulation via the WhatsApp and Telegram apps.
In today’s digital age, young people are increasingly vulnerable to online threats, and one such menace is sextortion. Sextortion is a cyber-enabled crime that exploits a young person’s trust and seeks to control them through the threat of public humiliation. It can happen to anyone, but it is particularly prevalent among teenagers and young adults.
The director of a documentary about the impact of deepfake porn has said she hopes her film will help people understand the immeasurable trauma it causes.
Rosie Morris's film, My Blonde GF, is about what happened to writer Helen Mort when she found out photos of her face had appeared on deepfake images on a porn site.
Stephen Bear's 'revenge porn' conviction could set the benchmark for further prosecutions, say campaigners.
The former reality TV star was found guilty of sharing private sexual pictures and videos with intent to cause distress on Tuesday.
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