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🚨 Language matters! ❌ Terms like 'child pornography' and 'sextortion' trivialise the abuse of children. 📗 So Childlight were delighted to work alongside ECPAT International and partners in the creation of the Second Edition of Terminology Guidelines to create respectful language around CSEA. 💻 You can sign up to the webinar to learn more. #TerminologyMatters #CallItWhatItIs

🌍 We're delighted to be working with INHOPE We have a shared vision of creating a safer online world for children and young people. ☎️ INHOPE's hotlines across the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania remove millions of CSAM images and videos from the internet every year. Abuse is preventable, not inevitable! #AbuseIsPreventable #partnership

A powerful message from Coimisiún na Meán, Ireland's regulator of online media, at this week's Trust & Safety Summit as we all push to make 2025 a year of action to prevent the sexual exploitation and abuse of children. Tanya Warren pointed out: "The era of self-regulation is over." Regulators are well funded and here to stay!

❗ "Voluntary detection is not enough. Social platform providers do not take any action." 💜 Brave co-founder Mie Kohiyama and survivor activist Rhiannon-Faye McDonald spoke yesterday about the crucial need to keep children #SafeOnline at "Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: Global Action to Combat a Global Crime", organized by the European Parliament. ✊ It was incredibly powerful to hear them and HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh, MEP Caterina Chinnici, Emilio Puccio, Magnus Brunner, Jess Phillips MP and Dr Alexandra Souza Martins's insights and perspectives on how we can prevent child sexual exploitation and abuse. UK Mission to the European Union #ViolenceIsPreventable #EndChildhoodSexualViolence

✏️ Childlight - Global Child Safety Institute is proud to announce the upcoming launch of the second edition of the terminology guidelines for the protection of children from sexual exploitation and abuse 📅 This comprehensive resource, to be unveiled in a global webinar on April 10, 2025, at 13:00 GMT, aims to improve the accuracy, sensitivity and consistency of language used in the fight against child sexual exploitation and abuse. 🚸 As ECPAT Research and Child Rights Monitoring Manager Andrea Varrella says: "Accurate and respectful language is essential to improving child protection responses and ensuring that children who have been subjected to sexual abuse and exploitation are treated with dignity and respect.” 🤝 As a partner involved in developing the guidelines, we know how much words matter when it comes to CSEA. We must avoid victim-blaming language and harmful terms that misrepresent the nature of abuse that children are subjected to every day.

IPPPRI25 speaker announcement! Joining us to speak at IPPPRI25 are Lydia Davenport and Aya T. of Childlight - Global Child Safety Institute. Lydia and Aya will speak on day 2 on 'Enhancing Global Responses to CSEA: The Into the Light Index and SHIELD Framework'. The Into the Light Index is the first global initiative providing critical data to improve child protection and prevent CSEA. Launched in 2024, it focuses on technology-facilitated CSEA, expanding in 2025 to include more sub-types. The SHIELD framework assesses law enforcement capabilities across six pillars, identifying gaps and strengthening responses. The presentation covers key findings and future plans. Register to attend here: https://lnkd.in/gyr9mrRn

An important campaign from The Hydrant Programme encouraging teenage boys to seek help if they are the victims of financially motivated sexual extortion 🔻

📲 It's a huge moment today as social media companies risk fines of up to £18 million or 10% of their global turnover if they fail to protect children from online sexual exploitation and abuse on their platforms, under the UK’s Online Safety Act. 🛑 Such steps are important as part of shift to a prevention-focused approach that stops CSEA before it begins, saving children from irreversible harm rather than scrambling to deal with the awful consequences. 🚸 Because, while Childlight - Global Child Safety Institute estimates that over 300 million children annually are subjected to technology-facilitated sexual exploitation and abuse, this problem is preventable, not inevitable. #Childrencan’twait

🚨 We welcome today's call from The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for urgent global action to cut off the illicit money flows driving technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation and abuse. Criminals are currently exploiting encryption, anonymous financial transactions, and weak international cooperation to evade detection. Childlight's research shows 300 million children worldwide are affected by TFCSEA with the crime growing at an alarming rate. In a new report, published today, the FATF sets out practical steps that governments, financial institutions, and technology companies can take to disrupt these financial networks and prevent the exploitation of children. Welcoming the report Childlight CEO Paul Stanfield said: “Spotting the telltale digital breadcrumbs that perpetrators leave behind and cutting off the illegal flows of money driving this global pandemic is crucial to dismantle exploitation networks and save millions of children from lifelong harm.   “Technology-facilitated sexual exploitation and abuse of children is not just an atrocity — it’s an industry generating billions of dollars in profits, and our research suggests it affects ten children every second.” #publichealth #onlinechildsafey #FollowTheMoney

🌍 Welcoming Our 2025 Global Data Fellows 🌏 🤝 Childlight are delighted to introduce our new Global Data Fellows (GDFs). The fellows are leading experts in child protection drawn from diverse fields including cyberforensics, neuroscience, medicine, data science, natural language processing, human rights, policing, and global NGOs. 🎓 By bringing together world-class professionals, the GDF programme advances expertise in child protection data, fosters ground-breaking research, and strengthens a global network of leaders dedicated to safeguarding children. 🔦 The fellows recently kicked off their tenure with an intensive two-week residency at The University of Edinburgh—a packed programme designed to empower practitioners, enhance capacity, and inspire new ideas. GDF Programme Manager Robin Alexander shared: "It’s wonderful to welcome our inspiring new Global Data Fellows. Their time in Edinburgh has sparked fresh ideas, expanded thinking about what’s possible, and forged productive networks. Our fellows now take this momentum back to their vital work across the globe, staying closely connected with Childlight throughout the programme and beyond." 🙏 Meet our new fellows and learn more about the GDF programme link in the comments.