{"id":23009,"date":"2026-05-08T07:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T05:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/uk-schools-should-remove-pupils-online-photos-as-ai-blackmail-threat-grows-say-experts\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T07:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T05:37:18","slug":"uk-schools-should-remove-pupils-online-photos-as-ai-blackmail-threat-grows-say-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/uk-schools-should-remove-pupils-online-photos-as-ai-blackmail-threat-grows-say-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"UK schools should remove pupils\u2019 online photos as AI blackmail threat grows, say experts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Criminals are manipulating pictures found on school websites and social media to create sexually explicit images <\/p>\n<p>UK schools should remove pictures of pupils\u2019 faces from their websites and social media accounts because blackmailers are using them to create sexually explicit images, experts have said.<\/p>\n<p>Child safety experts and the UK\u2019s National Crime Agency (NCA) warn that criminals are using AI to manipulate photos of children and then demand cash not to publish them.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/may\/08\/uk-schools-remove-pupils-photos-online-ai-blackmail-threat-grows\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/d95928e9f50fd04fa2c00f6b7b7ae080b1146273\/244_0_5151_4122\/master\/5151.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=db1d3aaacd300f34c562a842ed2cdba2\" title=\"UK schools should remove pupils\u2019 online photos as AI blackmail threat grows, say experts\" \/>Criminals are manipulating pictures found on school websites and social media to create sexually explicit images<br \/>\nUK schools should remove pictures of pupils\u2019 faces from their websites and social media accounts because blackmailers are using them to create sexually explicit images, experts have said.<br \/>\nChild safety experts and the UK\u2019s National Crime Agency (NCA) warn that criminals are using AI to manipulate photos of children and then demand cash not to publish them. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Criminals are manipulating pictures found on school websites and social media to create sexually explicit images UK schools should remove pictures of pupils\u2019 faces from their websites and social media accounts because blackmailers are using them to create sexually explicit images, experts have said. Child safety experts and the UK\u2019s National Crime Agency (NCA) warn &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/uk-schools-should-remove-pupils-online-photos-as-ai-blackmail-threat-grows-say-experts\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UK schools should remove pupils\u2019 online photos as AI blackmail threat grows, say experts<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23009"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}