Research & insights
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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.
Research & insights
Research and insight are key to designing relevant, appropriate and targeted responses to child sexual exploitation and abuse online.
Project Shadow
Publisher: Scotiabank (Case study)
Project Shadow is a public-private partnership, created by Scotiabank and co-led with the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P), to identify and report money laundering associated with proceeds from child…
Internet Watch Foundation Annual Report 2021
Publisher: Internet Watch Foundation (Report)
IWF 2021 Annual Report shows that sexual abuse imagery of girls is increasingly being shared online, with almost all (97%) child sexual abuse material identified in 2021 showing female children.
Not Just Flirting
Publisher: Revealing Realities (Report)
Independent research by Revealing Reality on the unequal experiences and consequences of nude image-sharing by young people.
Finland wants better protection for children online
Publisher: Protect Children (Report)
This report shows the Finnish public’s support for better protection for children online.
The Risk of Online Sexual Abuse (ROSA) Project
Publisher: The Lucy Faithfull Foundation (Report)
This research, part of the series of Faithfull Papers, draws from a study with young people between the ages of 11-19 who had exhibited technology-assisted harmful sexual behaviour (TA-HSB).
The Future of eXtended Reality Technologies,
and Implications for Online Child Sexual
Exploitation and Abuse
Publisher: The University of Manchester (Report)
This report summarises multi-disciplinary research on child sexual exploitation and abuse online in the context of the development of immersive ‘eXtended Reality’ (XR) technologies.
Launch of the Model National Response Review report: Framing the Future
Publisher: UNICEF, WeProtect Global Alliance (Report, Summit)
The review sets out how and where the MNR has been implemented in the six years since its introduction across 42 Alliance countries.