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Russian Speaking Child Sexual Abuse Material Users in the Dark Web: Findings from Russian Language Respondents to ReDirection Surveys
Publisher: Protect Children (Report)
Protect Children’s latest ReDirection report reveals unprecedented findings on Russian-speaking respondents to Protect Children’s surveys in the dark web on child sexual abuse material users.
Responding to Online Threats: Minors’ Perspective on Disclosing, Reporting, and Blocking in 2021
Publisher: Thorn (Report)
This research continues to demonstrate the scale at which kids are navigating risky encounters online and underscore the pivotal role platforms play in building and maintaining safe digital environments.
What works to prevent online violence against children?
Publisher: World Health Organization (Report)
The report presents ways to keep children safe online, focusing also on how to prevent child sexual abuse, including grooming and sexual image abuse.
Building a shared agenda on the evidence base for Gender-Based Online Harassment and Abuse
Publisher: Wilton Park (Report)
This report draws together insights and recommendations from a multi-stakeholder event on establishing reliable, comparable global and regional data to measure online gender-based violence and its effects.
Xbox transparency report
Publisher: Microsoft (Report)
The Xbox Transparency Report covers the actions that Microsoft has taken to moderate content on the Xbox platform.
US Pilot Out of the Shadow Index
Publisher: Economist Impact, World Childhood Foundation (Report, Tool)
The U.S. Pilot OOSI builds on the Global Out of the Shadows Index and helps uncover how 12 states are tackling Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse both in person and…
Empowering The Voices of Survivors
Publisher: ECPAT International (Report)
This Annual Report looks at ECPAT’s accomplishments from July 2020 to June 2021 in the fight to end the sexual exploitation of children.
Out of the Shadow Index 2022
Publisher: Economist Impact (Report, Tool)
The Out of the Shadows Index examines how stakeholders are preventing and responding to child sexual exploitation and abuse in 60 countries.
Gaming and the Metaverse
Publisher: Bracket Foundation, UNICRI Centre for AI & Robotics, Value for Good (Report)
This research reflects on how to improve the prevention, detection, intervention and accountability when child sexual exploitation and abuse occurs within the new digital frontiers.
Self-generated sexual content involving young people demands understanding and nuance
Publisher: Evident (Blog)

Researchers Dr Mark Kavenagh from Evident and Julia Durska reflect on a series of questions about self-generated sexual content involving young people.