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Lantern 2024 Transparency Report
Publisher: Tech Coalition (Report)
The second annual Lantern Transparency Report, providing a review of the program’s impact in 2024 and highlighting key programmatic updates, successes, challenges, and opportunities for future growth.
Searchlight 2025: Who benefits? Shining a light on the business of child sexual exploitation and abuse
Publisher: Childlight (Report)
The latest Searchlight report from Childlight into the nature of the crisis underscores the need for urgent action, shining a light on the financial networks that fuel child sexual exploitation…
Call for input: A child-centered response to sexual exploitation of children in street situations
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children, Ms. Mama Fatima Singhateh invites input to the forthcoming report (due October 2025) which will…
Protecting the public from abusive AI-generated content across the EU
Publisher: Microsoft (Report)
Microsoft White Paper focusing on the protection of children, women and older adults from potential harms caused by AI, including AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and deepfakes.
Childline data reveals boys are most vulnerable to ‘sextortion’
Publisher: Childline, NSPCC (News)
Childline’s latest data shows boys are more vulnerable to sextortion. New campaign targeted at young boys to remind them of how easy it is to be fooled by fake accounts…
VOICE Child Friendly/ Accessible Report
Publisher: ECPAT International, Eurochild, Terre des Hommes Netherlands (Report)
The VOICE Research Child Friendly/Accessible Report on Child Safety Online is a resource designed with and for children to ensure that vital information about child safety online is accessible to…
Bark’s Annual Report 2024
Publisher: Bark
Every year, we analyze the rate at which children encounter problematic content and people online. This year, we processed an astounding 7.9 billion activities on family accounts across texts, email,…
Follow the money: Payments for live streaming of child sexual abuse in the Philippines
Publisher: World Childhood Foundation (Report)
World Childhood Foundation, in collaboration with the Rights Lab University of Nottingham, reveals how financial data— from remittances to crypto —can help detect, understand & disrupt the live streaming of…
Deepfake nudes & young people: navigating a new frontier in technology-facilitated nonconsensual sexual abuse and exploitation
Publisher: Thorn
Drawing on a survey of 1,200 young people aged 13-20, this research explores their awareness of deepfake nudes, lived experiences with them, and their involvement in creating such content.
PlayStation Safety Report
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment (Report)
This report introduces the three safety pillars that underpin our safety philosophy for keeping our players safe: Control Your Experience, Shield Our Players, and Enforce Our Standards.