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Outcomes briefing – technology, privacy and rights roundtable
Publisher: ECPAT International, WeProtect Global Alliance (Briefing)
This outcomes briefing records the outcomes from the roundtable meeting: issue context, key challenges, potential solutions and mapping the way forward.
Guidance for implementing the Global Strategic Response
Publisher: WeProtect Global Alliance (Tool)
Guidance for practitioners and decision-makers across the globe to reach the outcomes outlined in the Alliance’s Global Strategic Response.
Internet Watch Foundation Annual Report 2020
Publisher: Internet Watch Foundation (Report)
“Face the facts”: In 2020, our team assessed over 150,000 reports of child sexual abuse imagery online and were able to seek the removal of millions of criminal images and…
I worked at Facebook — end-to-end encryption will sacrifice children’s safety at the altar of privacy
Publisher: iNews (Media)
Joanna Shields blog: I was working at the tech giant when five-year-old April Jones was murdered. I felt sick that we hadn’t done more.
End-To-End Encryption: Understanding the impacts for child safety online
Publisher: NSPCC (Report)
There are diverse and often conflicting opinions on the extent to which platforms should adopt online privacy and safety features, but the overwhelming majority of participants agree that child safety…
Introduction to Hashing
Publisher: Thorn (Media)
Explainer on this powerful tool to detect child sex abuse imagery online. The tool applies a unique fingerprint to identify an individual photo to detect suspected material online and then…
Yoti Age Scan – Public version, Executive Summary
Publisher: Yoti (Tool)
Executive summary to explain everything you need to know about the new way to prove your age.
Working together against sexual abuse online: how technology can help
As Intel joins WePROTECT Global Alliance, Data Scientist Ed Dixon reflects on the need for industry, civil society and governments to work together to tackle this urgent and borderless crime.
Turning principles into action
Following an industry-only webinar for tech members of the Alliance, Liz Thomas (Regional Digital Safety Lead in Asia-Pacific for Microsoft) gives a brief overview of some of the key questions…
Statement on behalf of the Phoenix 11
Publisher: Phoenix 11 (Media)
Survivors of child sexual abuse material demand action from tech one year after key players support online anti-exploitation principles.