Technology
The use of technology, including artificial intelligence, machine learning and specific tools such as Photo DNA, is central to protecting children from sexual exploitation and abuse online.
Safety technology can prevent, detect, block, report and remove illegal and exploitative material, live streaming and grooming. Technology tools can also be used to deter and detect offenders and identify and protect victims.
Technology can also be used to identify some of the hard problems that are preventing progress. Online tools can work many times faster than humans to identify and detect abusive material, as well as tracking down platforms and websites used to share this material. Safety technology can also be used to assess risks and help limit the vulnerability of children online.
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Key library items about technology
Outcomes briefing – technology, privacy and rights roundtable
Publisher: ECPAT International, WePROTECT Global Alliance (Briefing)
This outcomes briefing records the outcomes from the roundtable meeting: issue context, key challenges, potential solutions and mapping the way forward.
End-To-End Encryption: Understanding the impacts for child safety online
Publisher: NSPCC (Report)
There are diverse and often conflicting opinions on the extent to which platforms should adopt online privacy and safety features, but the overwhelming majority of participants agree that child safety…
Statement on behalf of the Phoenix 11
Publisher: Phoenix 11 (Media)
Survivors of child sexual abuse material demand action from tech one year after key players support online anti-exploitation principles.
Guide for tech companies considering supporting the “Voluntary Principles to Counter Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse”
Publisher: WePROTECT Global Alliance (Tool)
Six industry members of the Alliance (Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Roblox, Snap and Twitter) have produced this ‘by tech, for tech’ guide to operationalising the Voluntary Principles’.
Safety by Design can build investor and customer trust
Publisher: eSafety Commissioner (Tool)
The investment and venture capital community can play a pivotal role in helping to ensure that early-stage technology companies put safety and ethical considerations at the heart of their design processes.
Reviewing Child Sexual Abuse Material Reporting Functions on Popular Platforms
Publisher: Canadian Centre for Child Protection (Report)
Millions of images of child sexual abuse circulate freely on the internet each day, not only in obscure corners of the dark web, but also on some of the most…
Voluntary Principles to Counter Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
Publisher: Five-Country Ministerial (Tool)
On 5 March 2020 a set of Voluntary Principles to Counter Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse was launched in Washington DC. These principles were developed by the Five Country…
PhotoDNA
Publisher: Microsoft (Tool)
In 2009, Microsoft partnered with Dartmouth College to develop PhotoDNA, a technology that aids in finding and removing known images of child exploitation.
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End Violence and UNICEF Innovation Fund invest in tech start-ups to protect kids
Publisher: Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children (Media)
End Violence has teamed up with the UNICEF Innovation Fund and Giga to make up to $100,000 equity-free investments in early stage, for-profit start-ups working to make the internet safer…
Reviewing Child Sexual Abuse Material Reporting Functions on Popular Platforms
Publisher: Canadian Centre for Child Protection (Report)
Millions of images of child sexual abuse circulate freely on the internet each day, not only in obscure corners of the dark web, but also on some of the most…
Voluntary Principles to Counter Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
Publisher: Five-Country Ministerial (Tool)
On 5 March 2020 a set of Voluntary Principles to Counter Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse was launched in Washington DC. These principles were developed by the Five Country…
PhotoDNA
Publisher: Microsoft (Tool)
In 2009, Microsoft partnered with Dartmouth College to develop PhotoDNA, a technology that aids in finding and removing known images of child exploitation.