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Sextortion reports from UK children rose 66% last year. 97% of victims were boys.

But here is what most parents do not know: predators no longer need your child to share anything.

They take a normal school photo. Run it through an AI tool. In 30 seconds, they have fake nude images. Then they blackmail your child with pictures that never existed.

Late last year, criminals did exactly this to a UK secondary school. They scraped pupil photos, manufactured deepfake images, and demanded payment. The @internet.watch.foundation classified 150 of those images as child sexual abuse material.

I spent eight years in digital forensics investigating these crimes. What I know is this: the predator's entire model depends on shame and silence. Boys are targeted because they are less likely to talk, less likely to report, more likely to comply.

Break that silence, and you break their power.

Talk to your sons about this. Let them know it exists. Let them know that if it happens, you face it together. That single conversation could be the thing that stops them becoming another statistic.

KCSIE 2026 now formally recognises deepfakes in school safeguarding guidance. AI chatbots are classified as a contact risk. Schools must review filtering annually.

But guidance only works if families know it exists.

If images of your child appear online, Childline's Report Remove service can help get them taken down.

Send this to a parent who needs it. Save this for later.

⚔ Tag a parent or teacher who needs to read this. ⚔

@childline_official : 0800 1111 | childline.org.uk

#Sextortion #ChildSafety #KCSIE2026 #OnlineSafety #DeepfakeThreat
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