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Transparency reporting on child sexual exploitation and abuse online 2025
Publisher: OECD (Report)
The OECD’s new Transparency reporting on child sexual exploitation and abuse online 2025 technical paper assesses how the policies and procedures of the 50 largest online content-sharing services respond to…
Technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation and abuse in Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea and Niger
Publisher: ECPAT International (Report)
Exploring the issue of technology-facilitated abuse and the issue in four West African country contexts.
Nerfing gender roles and rigid masculinity: A practical guide to gender-sensitive game safety and design
Publisher: ECPAT International
ECPAT International published guidance for gaming companies aimed primarily at supporting and protecting adolescent boys.
Digital use and risk: Online platform engagement among children aged 10 to 15
Publisher: eSafety Commissioner (Report)
New report investigating the central role of online platforms on young people in Australia, with a focus on social media, communication apps and gaming.
Safeguarding the futures: Exploring the impacts of generative AI on child online protection in Nepal
Publisher: ChildSafeNet, UNICEF (Report)
This report looks into how children in Nepal engage with Artificial Intelligence (AI), in particular Generative AI and its risks and benefits.
Deepfake Defences 2 – The Attribution Toolkit
Publisher: Ofcom (Report, Tool)
This follow up discussion paper looks at ‘attribution measures’ to identify deepfakes.
Child sexual abuse material generated by artificial intelligence
Publisher: Internet Watch Foundation (Tool)
Free region-specific guides for professionals in the UK to identify, report and combat AI-generated child sexual abuse material.
Enhancing child online protection in Sub-Saharan Africa
Publisher: GSMA (Report)
A whitepaper exploring the current state of child online protection in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Sexual extortion and young people
Publisher: Thorn (Report)
Sexual Extortion & Young People: Navigating Threats in Digital Environments Drawing on a survey of 1,200 young people aged 13-20, this research explores the prevalence and nature of sexual extortion…