🌍 Childlight are delighted to be attending the 11th International Consultation of Child Helplines.

📊 We will be discussing why gathering robust data is key to understanding and responding to the realities children face.

#AbuseIsPreventable

📢 We are delighted to welcome Prof Elena Martellozzo to the Childlight team as Director of our European Hub and Prof of CSEA Reasearch.

Link to read more about Elena' appointment in the comments 👇

📢Childlight are proud to partner with the Child Rescue Coalition.
🤝Together we will harness data, technology and collaboration to strengthen the global response to child sexual exploitation and abuse.
🛡️We will act now - because children can’t wait. #AbuseIsPreventable

🔦Childlight are delighted to partner with SOS Children's Villages UK. Every child deserves to grow up safe from harm. To achieve this we need bold collaborations 🤝 #AbuseIsPreventable

🌎 Global experts have today called for a new approach to protect children from a pandemic of sexual exploitation and abuse.

🚨It's time for government's to treat this as a global public health emergency and act now to stop harm.

@icmec.bsky.social

#AbuseIsPreventable

bit.ly/4kOOtjW

🌟We're delighted the global reach of our research has been recognised at The University of Edinburgh's Impact Festival today.

The Childlight team received a Highly Commended in the Team Culture category.

Congratulations to all the nominees and award winners - you're making a difference 👏

We were delighted to welcome members of the Child Rescue Coalition and Lantern Rescue Foundation to our Edinburgh University offices today.

🤝A great day discussing opportunities to strengthen collaboration in achieving our shared goal of safeguarding children globally.
#AbuseIsPreventable

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👩‍👦‍👦Single parents who use dating sites are at risk of being targeted by child sex abusers
👨‍💻Our research shows child abusers are more likely to use dating sites.
🛡Dating platforms can and must improve safeguarding
🔎 Read the research - link in comments
#AbuseIsPreventable

🚨Child abusers leave behind digital financial footprints

🧑‍💻Offenders are more likely to:
❌ Shop online
❌Use dating sites
❌Use cryptocurrency

🔎Law enforcement can use this profile to help detect offenders

🔦 Read the new research (link in comments)

#AbuseIsPreventable

💲Clicks for cash💲
👩‍💻Abuse of children is a multi-billion-dollar industry
🛡️To safeguard children we must
✔️Fine companies whose platforms enable abuse
✔️Educate young people about online dangers
✔️Regulate across the tech industry – not just social media
🔦Research 🔗in comments
#AbuseIsPreventable

🚨Swipe wrong 🚨
👩‍👧‍👧Single parents who use dating sites are at risk of being targeted by child sex abusers.
👨‍💻New research shows child abusers are more likely to use dating sites.
🛡️Dating sites can and must improve safeguarding
bit.ly/3GaUZSU
#AbuseIsPreventable

🌎 Welcome to our Global Data Fellows 🌎

🤝 The GDFs are child protection experts from across the world from fields including cyberforensics, data science and human rights.

🚨They will work with Childlight using data to drive action to protect children & young people from a global pandemic of abuse

🔦We would like to thank all those who have supported Childlight's work in 2024.

🤲Together we can create a safer future for children everywhere.

💫 Wishing you a peaceful holiday season.

Thank you to all those who took part in our workshop in Abu Dhabi to find a pathway to global restitution for survivors of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Some 70% of survivors receive no compensation after disclosure. This must change.

Fearless Scotland have today launched a campaign to educate young Scots about sexual extortion. Their guidance to those targeted is:
👉not to panic
👉don't pay or comply with demands
👉get help
🔗 Link to the campaign in comments.
Childlight were delighted to attend the launch & support the campaign

Failure to report sexual abuse should be made a crime. Our CEO Paul Stanfield is calling for rigorous mandatory reporting laws to be enacted in the UK. The call follows revelations over failures by the Church of England in dealing with decades of abuse by John Smyth.

We are delighted to be taking part in today's Safe Digital Futures for Children event in Colombia. Prof Deborah Fry is part of an expert panel on the growing threat of OCSEA.
⏱️4pm - 9:30pm GMT.
📷Watch here: ow.ly/e7bj50TVqT4

Our Director of Data Professor Debi Fry will be discussing this at the satellite event
#Act4OnlineSafety
📅 6 November, 11 am COT 🖇️ lnkd.in/eWCrv…
You can watch live here: https://bit.ly/Watch_LIVE_Colombia

We were delighted to take part in the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) Forum '24 in Cape Town this week presenting the findings of research on the psychological and emotional harm experienced by victims of OCSEA.