A few years ago, AI was still just an idea. Today, it's everywhere. And it has moved into kids' lives faster than anyone planned for.

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The "Great British People" Facebook page, which purports to be from Yorkshire, has had 1.3 million views for its latest video of an elderly white British man crying about his pension. Other videos show reporters discussing "the overwhelming scale of mass immigration" and asking viewers if they miss "the Britain we used to know".

But it is not clear whether the creator of the videos knows the UK at all: the account is really run by someone based in Sri Lanka.

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Developed by the UK Online Harms Early Warning Working Group, this guidance shares best practice and considerations for education settings and organisations working with children and young people on the use of photos and videos across their online platforms, to address the risk of AI image manipulation.

This document looks at the responsible management, sharing and protection of photographs and videos, particularly those featuring children and young people. This includes images used across education settings’ websites, social media platforms and other digital spaces.

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To better understand parents' and youths' experiences with and reactions to AI, Lake Research Partners and
Echelon Insights conducted two surveys on behalf of Common Sense Media in late 2025—one among parents of
children of any age, and another among kids and teens age 12 to 17—examining how they feel about AI today, how
they think it will affect their futures, and how they perceive the safety and security of AI tools for minors.

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The YouTube ad for PixVideo - AI Video Maker, seen in January, showed a "before" and "after" image of a young women, with red scribble overlaid on her midriff in the former, and parts of her bare skin exposed in the latter.

Text across the bottom of the picture stated: "Erase anything" followed by a heart-eyes emoji.

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Many adults who care for children worry about the impacts of AI tools like chatbots. See how you can encourage safe and supportive use.

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