In its latest publication, Young People’s Views on Online Safety 2023, the organisation notes that “The methods young people use to create and distribute explicit images are evolving.”

“With the tools of generative artificial intelligence at our fingertips, Young people are creating ‘deepfake’ nude bodies of their peers. Although most minors do not believe that their classmates behave in this way, “About one in ten minors reported that they knew of cases where their peers had done this.”the study notes.

Moreover, the study notes that every tenth respondent chose not to answer the question.

IN Several students have already been arrested in the US for creating pornographic “deepfakes”, also known as “deepnudes”. Several students at a Washington state high school have been investigated for using a “stripping app” on their teachers and classmates.

While attending school in Florida Police have arrested two high school students for creating nude images of their classmates using artificial intelligence.

The organization noted:

By understanding the risks children face online, we can develop systems that protect them from the harm caused by rapidly evolving technologies.

When it comes to other experiences of minors, in 2023, more than half (59%) of minors reported having had a potentially harmful experience online, and more Every third minor reported having sexual contact on the Internet.

“One in five teenagers (aged 9 to 12) reported having had sexual contact online with someone they believed to be an adult,” the article adds.

EFE