A July 2026 lawsuit revealed the AI chatbot Grok generated roughly 3 million sexualised images in 11 days — including 23,000 depicting apparent children — often made from ordinary photos, not photos a child ever shared themselves; Malaysia's MCMC separately removed 12,353 AI-manipulated or deepfake posts in the first half of 2026, a 94% takedown rate. Treat any threat to share images of your child, real or AI-generated, the same way: don't pay, don't panic-delete, and report it together. A West Virginia grooming case charged this month also began in Roblox's in-game chat before the adult moved the conversation to Snapchat — a documented pattern worth discussing with your child directly ("if someone from a game wants to move the chat elsewhere, tell me first"). Malaysia's Dewan Negara also passed a law this month extending prosecution to child sex offences committed overseas by or against Malaysians, and MCMC continues prosecuting VPN and identity-bypass tools used to evade the under-16 social media ban. Singapore parents: the Online Safety Commission can issue binding takedown orders — report at go.gov.sg/osc.