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French Standards Agency (AFNOR) and Yubo guidance for protection of minors on social media
Publisher: AFNOR, Yubo (Report, Tool)
An English language version of French guidelines on risk prevention and protection of minors on social media platforms
Trends in Financial Sextortion: An investigation of sextortion reports in NCMEC CyberTipline data
Publisher: NCMEC, Thorn (Report)
An investigation of sextortion reports in NCMEC CyberTipline data
A web of deceit: financial sexual extortion of children and young people
Publisher: WeProtect Global Alliance (Briefing)
Sextortion briefing paper on this rapidly growing threat: who is impacted, the perpetrators and the pathways used to target children and young people.
Podcast: How can we prevent technology facilitated child sexual violence?
Publisher: WeProtect Global Alliance (Media, News)
Listen to The Sexual Violence Research Podcast where Shailey Hingorani discusses how we can prevent technology facilitated child sexual exploitation.
World’s first estimate of the scale of online child sexual exploitation and abuse
New report finds 300 million+ children under the age of 18 have been affected by online child sexual exploitation and abuse in the last 12 months.
Presenting the Global Threat Assessment
Publisher: WeProtect Global Alliance (Media)
Video of WeProtect Executive Director, explaining the 023 Global Threat assessment, the growing issues and recommendations to prevent sexual abuse online.
We should all be concerned about the use of predatory AI
Publisher: WeProtect Global Alliance (Blog)
Now is the time for safety by design and ensuring children are protected as generative AI tech is built. From removing harmful content from training data, using AI classifiers and manual…
Tackling the rising incidence of financial sexual extortion
Publisher: PA Consulting (Report)
As the prevalence of child sexual abuse material continues to increase, financial sexual extortion is one of the new tactics being used by perpetrators. Earlier this year, sector experts from…
Childlight: using data and insights to shine a light on the road ahead
This article reflects on how Childight is working in partnership with many others to use their data insight to help join up the system and close the gaps.
Baseline Survey Report on Initial Cyber Safety Situation in Medan, Palu and Jakarta “Stopping cybercrime against children: more safety and protection on the internet”
Publisher: Pusat Kajian dan Perlindungan Anak (PKPA) (Media)
This baseline survey explores how child participation actors (duty bearers) carry out their obligations to fulfil children’s rights, especially child protection in cyberspace.