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As technology continues to evolve and increase the potential for harm to children, it's essential to gather as much data and intelligence about the ways children can be harmed in order to better respond to the crime. The WeProtect Global Alliance released a new study earlier this year of young adults across European countries and their experience of online harms during childhood. Over 62% of online child sexual abuse material is hosted on servers based in Europe. Understanding the lived experiences of victim-survivors of child sexual abuse is "vital to understanding the nature, scale and complexity of online sexual harms and how to develop appropriate responses." Read WeProtect's study and its implications on how to navigate the response to child sexual exploitation online, below. https://lnkd.in/edyYAPuY #OnlineSafety #ChildProtection #ICMECAustralia

For anyone working in this field, this should come as no surprise. The United States is regularly one of the largest consumers and producers of CSAM worldwide. The question becomes, what can be done about it? Of course one of our strongest recourses is to listen to and support our children. However a far more direct, yet fraught option is regulating the technologies that have allowed the exploitation of vulnerable individuals to flourish. For decades, emerging companies have created platforms that have fundamentally altered how humans interact with each other - rarely with any foresight. This has led to an explosion of technology being used to prey upon others: online sexual enticement of children, sexstortion, revenge porn, AI-generated exploitative material, fraud, etc. Few companies have made any efforts to curtail such abuses and/or make their platforms safer for users. This is patently ridiculous. Currently all three branches of the U.S. Government are tackling technology regulation: the DOJ is pursuing legal challenges against Google and Amazon; Congress has multiple bills focused on regulating data collection and mandated reporting; and SCOTUS has agreed to hear Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton. It is a key time to push for stronger protections for ALL users, especially children.

PLDT and Smart advocate for stronger cooperation among peers and the government to combat online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC). To READ MORE, check out the article below ⬇ #pldt #smart #ai #childabuse #OSAEC #cooperation #government #technology #laws #report

🚨 92% of Europeans are deeply concerned about the increasing risk of #ChildSexualAbuse #Online and with at least two images or videos shared online every two seconds, they are right! Data from @WeProtect Global Alliance underscores that #ChildSexualAbuse predominantly occurs within private messaging platforms and media-sharing services. The consensus among Europeans is crystal clear: in the face of a genuine risk of child sexual abuse online, EU leaders must prioritise children’s safety over users’ privacy online. 👉 Join the #ChildSafetyON movement to urge EU leaders to protect our children online: https://bit.ly/BeaconECPAT #ECPAT #EUvsChildSexualAbuse #ChildSafetyON

Important research was presented in the European Parliament this week by Suojellaan Lapsia, Protect Children ry highlighting the ease of access and wide availability of sexual images and videos of children online. Their findings included:  👉 Sexual images and videos of children are easily accessible on the surface web, particularly on pornography sites and social media.  👉 Offenders view and share these illegal sexual images of children on popular social media apps and messaging apps.  👉 Perpetrators seek contact with children on social media, messaging apps, and online games. The tech industry must step up its efforts to keep children #SafeOnline.

New research from Suojellaan Lapsia, Protect Children ry sheds light on the distressing accessibility of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online, predominantly on social media platforms and pornography websites. 👉 77% of surveyed offenders encountered CSAM on the open web 👉 40% of surveyed offenders attempted to contact a child after viewing CSAM; the majority did so online 👉 CSAM offenders are moving to end-to-end encrypted messaging apps to offend against children without fear of detection 🚨 These findings call for immediate action, highlighting the necessity for a comprehensive EU Regulation mandating platforms to detect, report, and remove all forms of child sexual abuse online across all online environments. Read the full results of the new study, funded by Tech Coalition and Safe Online ➡️ https://lnkd.in/demCvKq8

Significant public support for measures to prevent child sexual abuse in private messaging - 73% showing support for Ofcom powers in the Online Safety Bill, 79% think companies should seek to develop technology that allows them to identify child sexual abuse in end-to-end encrypted messaging apps and 60% think it should be a legal requirement for tech companies to scan for child sexual abuse in private messaging services.  #childline #nspcc #childprotection #safeguarding #onlinesafetybill #onlineharms #support #tech #socialmedia #privatemessaging #politics #politicsuk #everychildhood

Isabel S. from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin presented the stepto.support platform they are developing in #2PS with the support of Ianus Consulting, Timelex, Deep Blue and University of Bergen (UiB). The platform's goal is to help people interested in children find support services. The platform will guide them to find the nearest and trustworthy support services to help in their treatment journey. The platform takes into consideration the user needs to create an efficient platform that can help the prevention of child sexual abuse before it occurs. The needs stepto.support addresses are anonymity, information about privacy and data, user-friendly features, transparency, quick exit option, information for urgent situations and testimonials who have already used the platform and services. #2PSproject #stopchildabuse #SparksInTheDark #CounteringCSAE #UnitedAgainstCSAE #ChildSafety #ProtectChildren