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The sexual exploitation and abuse of deaf and disabled children online
Publisher: DeafKidz International, WeProtect Global Alliance, World Childhood Foundation (Briefing)
This intelligence briefing acts as a situational analysis of current perspectives and evidence on the sexual exploitation and abuse of children with disabilities online.
Rebooting child protection systems: 5 ways to address child sexual abuse online
Publisher: WeProtect Global Alliance (Blog)
With more children than ever now engaging online, it is vital that they are both protected and enabled to engage safely. After the UN Committee on the Rights of the…
Defending the privacy of child sexual abuse victims online, in the EU and worldwide
Publisher: WeProtect Global Alliance (Blog)
A debate has been raging in Europe over what takes precedence: privacy or child protection. In September 2020 we were called by a member of the European Parliament who asked…
We are in danger of losing the global battle for child safety
Publisher: NCMEC (Briefing)
NCMEC compared EU-related CyberTipline reports submitted by technology companies three weeks before and three weeks after the ePrivacy directive going into effect. Reports concerning child sexual exploitation in the EU…
Briefing on the future of digital tools to detect child sexual exploitation and abuse online in Europe
Publisher: WeProtect Global Alliance (Briefing)
On 21 December 2020, the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) came into force in the European Union (EU), which provides an expanded definition of ‘electronic communications services’ in the already…
Thorn Research: Understanding sexually explicit images, self-produced by children
Publisher: Thorn (Report)
Our work to date has helped us understand how to protect kids from online sexual exploitation, but with SG-CSAM a new question arose: Is every child in every image experiencing…
The Issue
Understand victim and survivor experiences, offender methods, technologies, and socio-economic contexts of online abuse
Case study: what the Philippines is doing to end online child abuse
Publisher: Apolitical (Blog)
To coordinate the interventions of all stakeholders in addressing all forms of abuse, neglect and exploitation of children, the Philippine Government formed the Committee for the Special Protection of Children…
Summary paper on online child sexual exploitation
Publisher: ECPAT International (Report)
The ECPAT Summary Papers explore five manifestations but should be considered a set addressing this complex problem.
THINKUKNOW what young people see, say and do online?
Publisher: Australian Federal Police
ThinkUKnow is a national program delivering online child safety information in Australian schools and organisations to parents, carers, teachers and students from the first year of school to Year 12.