Tech industry
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Voluntary principles for child safety, including safety by design
Wide and consistent adherence within the technology sector of principles, and subsequent action, for child safety.
Technology-led risk and safety assessment
Risk and safety assessment across platforms and upstream / downstream providers, in terms of both the risk to children but also for offender management.
Innovative solutions
The use of technology, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, to prevent, detect, block, report and remove illegal and exploitative material, live streaming and grooming.
Victim identity protection
Children merit specific protection with regard to their personal data, as they may be less aware of the risks, consequences and safeguards concerned and their rights in relation to the…
Collaborative online expertise
Collaborative technology development to identify and investigate online child sexual abuse offenders.
Modernised reporting systems
A reporting system for CSEA online (also known as cybertip) promotes and enables the reporting of and response to images and videos of CSEA online to ensure an efficient criminal…
Risk / threat assessment matrix
Assessing risks for victim identification, offender targeting and to mitigate against technology infrastructure and broader online risks.
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.