{"id":129812,"date":"2026-07-22T10:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T05:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=129812"},"modified":"2026-07-22T10:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T05:23:08","slug":"alarm-over-ai-role-in-child-sexual-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129812\/","title":{"rendered":"Alarm over AI role in child sexual abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BERLIN(National Times)-  German authorities warned on Tuesday of the \u201cgrowing influence\u201d of AI and digital technology on the sexual abuse of children, saying in a report that criminal abusers are increasingly using those tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sexual abuse of minors is \u201cincreasingly shifting to the digital realm,\u201d driving overall statistics \u201cupward\u201d, said Holger Muench, the head of Germany\u2019s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A total of 20,051 minors were victims of sexual abuse in Germany in 2025, compared to 19,344 in 2024, according to the BKA report released on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt called it an \u201calarmingly high\u201d number which still does not take into account \u201ca high volume of unreported cases\u201d that \u201ccould significantly exceed what we see in the reported statistics\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Muench said that two worrying trends are emerging, including a rise of cyber-grooming \u201cwhere minors are targeted and a relationship of trust is deliberately cultivated to facilitate sexual abuse\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Germany has also seen an increase in reports of people watching the abuse of children in real time through online livestreaming, Muench said, with cases skyrocketing from just 25 such cases in 2024 to \u201cmore than 250\u201d in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BERLIN(National Times)- German authorities warned on Tuesday of the \u201cgrowing influence\u201d of AI and digital technology on the sexual abuse of children, saying in a report that criminal abusers are increasingly using those tools. 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