UK primary school children are using AI nudify apps on their classmates. The tools are still in the app stores.

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Summary

UK primary and secondary school children are using AI nudify apps to create non-consensual explicit images of classmates, with 483 million app downloads and platforms still hosting ads. The Internet Watch Foundation reports a surge in AI-generated child sexual abuse material, highlighting urgent need for structural reform.

**Content note: contains mention of AI-generated content of a horrific nature.** The Internet Watch Foundation classified 150 AI-generated images from one UK secondary school as criminal child sexual abuse material. Made by pupils, of pupils. UK schools are now being told to remove children’s photos from their websites because criminals are scraping them for nudify tools. 13 AI-generated CSAM videos were identified in 2024. Then 3,443 in 2025. 97% of victims are girls. Nudify apps have been downloaded 483 million times and Apple and Google were still serving ads for them after removing some from their stores. I wrote up the full pattern, including the Motherless precedent (18 years of operation under Section 230 before a takedown) and what structural change would actually look like: [https://theslowai.substack.com/p/ai-image-abuse-rape-culture-platform-liability](https://theslowai.substack.com/p/ai-image-abuse-rape-culture-platform-liability)
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