25 arrested in a global surgery targeted to the content of sexual abuse of children, Europol says
Haag – The global campaign has led to at least 25 arrests due to the content of sexual abuse of children created by artificial intelligence and distributed online, Europol said Friday.
“Cumberland surgery was one of the first cases that includes Ai-ratio sexual abuse of children The material, which makes it extremely challenging investigators because of the lack of national legislation dealing with these crimes, “a statement from the Hague headquarters said in a statement.
Most arrests were carried out on Wednesday during the world surgery led by Danish police, which also included agencies for the implementation of laws from the EU, Australia, Britain, Canada and New Zealand. The US law agencies did not participate in operation, according to Europol.
This was followed by the arrest of last November the main suspect in that case, a Danish nationwide who led an online platform where he distributed the AI material he produced.
After a “symbolic internet payment, users from all over the world have managed to get a password to access the platform and watch children abuse,” Europol said.
Internet sexual exploitation of children remains one of the most serious threatening manifestations of Cyber crime in the European Union, the agency warned.
This is “still one of the main priorities for the enforcement agencies, which deal with increasing amounts of illegal content,” said, adding that more arrests were expected as the investigation continued.
Although Europol said that the Operation Cumberland was aiming for the platform and people who share the content fully created by AI, there were also worrying spread of AI-manipulated “Deepfake” images online, which often use pictures of real people, including children, and may have devastating influences on their lives.
According to a report By CBS News’ Jim Axelrod in December that focused on a girl who was aimed at such abuse, there were more than 21,000 deepfake pornographic paintings or videos on the network during 2023, an increase of more than 460% during the year before. AND manipulated content He expanded on the internet as legislators in the United States elsewhere to reach new legislation to solve the problem.
Just a few weeks ago, the Senate adopted a two -party bill of law “Record that act” To, if signed in the law, criminalized “the publication of non -consensual intimate images (NCII), including NCII (or” Deepfake Deepfake Revenge Pornography “), and requires social media and similar websites to implement such content within 48 hours of the victim” Description on the US Senate website.
As it stands now, some social media platforms could not or do not want to suppress the spread of sexualized Deepfake content, including false images depicting celebrities. In mid -February, Facebook and Instagram owner of Meta said he removed over a dozen false sexual paintings of famous female actors and athletes after a Founded News Investigation CBS High prevalence of Ai-Manipulated Deepfake Pictures on Facebook.
“This is a challenge throughout the industry, and we are constantly working to improve our detection and implementation technology,” Meta spokeswoman Meta Erin Logan told CBS News in a statement that was then sent by email.
