Navigating the impacts of generative AI and image-based abuse on children
Advice for parents, carers and people working with children and young people about generative AI and image-based abuse.
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By Alannah & Madeline Foundation
Published on 2024
How this resource can help
Use this resource to
Build your own understanding of AI-facilitated image-based abuse including the generation of ‘deepfake’ images
Share with families, parents, carers and safe adults to build understanding of generative AI and how it can be used in image-based abuse
This resource covers
What generative AI is
How it can facilitate image-based abuse through generating ‘deepfake’ images of children and young people, also known as child sexual abuse and exploitation material (CSAEM) and sometimes referred to as ‘pornographic’ images
How generated CSAEM can be used to exploit, manipulate and blackmail children and young people, also known as ‘sextortion’
Prevention advice
Advice for minimising harm if a child or young person is a victim of AI-facilitated image-based abuse
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Last reviewed by Together We Can: 15 July 2026
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