ATTEMPTS to access child pornography and other illegal websites skyrocketed last year and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) likely contributed to the surge, Converge ICT Solutions Inc. said on Monday,
The company said that it had blocked 183 billion attempts to access illicit or unlawful websites via its network in 2024, markedly higher than the 10- to 12-billion average seen over 2021 to 2023.