TikTok and Snapchat sign up to UK Govt pledge to tackle AI-generated child sex abuse images

Home Secretary Suella Braverman slammed the images as an ‘online scourge’ Published: 22:26, 30 Oct 2023Updated: 22:26, 30 Oct 2023TECH giants TikTok and Snapchat have signed a pledge to tackle AI-generated child sexual abuse images. The firms backed the clampdown at an event with Home Secretary Suella Braverman over concerns abuse of artificial intelligence could “overwhelm” the net. 2Tech giant TikTok has signed a pledge to tackle AI-generated child sex abuse imagesCredit: Getty 2Social media platform Snapchat has also joined upCredit: Rex Features A total of twenty-seven organisations backed the move including the Internet Watch Foundation along with the governments in the US and Australia. The IWF showed thousands of images could be found on the dark web seen as realistic enough to be seen as real imagery under UK law. Home Secretary Suella Braverman said: “Child sexual abuse images generated by AI are an online scourge. “This is why tech giants must work alongside law enforcement to clamp down on their spread. READ MORE ON AI “The pictures are computer-generated but they often show real people – it’s depraved and damages lives. “The pace at which these images have spread online is shocking and that’s why we have convened
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