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Michael Salter
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Professor Michael Salter, Director of the Childlight East Asia and Pacific Hub at the University of New South Wales and Chair of the Grace Tame Foundation.
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@mike-salter.bsky.social discusses how survivors of #ChildSexualAbuse material remain among the internet’s most neglected victims, enduring lifelong violations while tech companies and governments prioritise digital freedom over their safety and justice: buff.ly/vTM0AzM
Child sexual abuse material survivors and the politics of abandonment - Transforming Society
Michael Salter discusses how survivors of child sexual abuse material remain among the internet’s most neglected victims, enduring lifelong violations while tech companies and governments prioritize…
www.transformingsociety.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
mike-salter.bsky.social
“The Tor Project stands alone in its extremist views and management: what internet platform does less to secure the human rights owed to children to be free from sexual exploitation?” www.linkedin.com/pulse/funder...
The funders of the Tor Project have their heads in the sand.
Many internet platforms are used by perpetrators of child sexual exploitation, but the Tor Project stands alone in its extremist views and management.
www.linkedin.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
mike-salter.bsky.social
My op ed co-authored with Matt Tyler - Australia stands at a critical juncture: will we do what’s needed to prevent an impending child sexual abuse crisis? www.abc.net.au/religion/aus...
Is Australia doing enough to prevent the next child abuse crisis? - ABC Religion & Ethics
Revelations of sexual abuse in childcare centres have shocked Australia and prompted long overdue reforms — but while these changes are needed, there is much more to do given the scale of the problem ...
www.abc.net.au
August 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
mike-salter.bsky.social
An important explainer from @cdnchildprotect.bsky.social Director of Tech Lloyd Richardson on the role of the Tor Project in facilitating the mass sexual abuse and exploitation of children protectchildren.ca/en/press-and...
CSAM distribution on Tor is not inevitable; The network’s creators have the power to act
Why has the Canadian Centre for Child Protection been notifying the organization behind the “Dark web” of the mass distribution of child sexual abuse material on their network?
protectchildren.ca
August 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
mike-salter.bsky.social
Finally - mainstream media coverage of the massive child sex offender communities on Tor, and the role of the Tor Project in facilitating the distribution of child sexual abuse material
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Privacy at a cost: the dark web’s main browser helps pedophile networks flourish, experts say
The Tor network’s privacy architecture creates a safe haven for predators to share child sexual abuse material
www.theguardian.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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wrt-t.bsky.social
Australia's #Childcare safety reforms are the 'bare minimum' parents should expect and reveal just how poor regulation has been

#ChildSafety #ChildProtection #Safeguarding
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Spotlight on childcare reforms reveals how far there is to go
Australia's long overdue reforms to improve safety across the nation's childcare centres are a start but still a long way off best practice compared to other countries, writes Conor Duffy.
www.abc.net.au
August 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
mike-salter.bsky.social
UNSW Childlight Hub deputy Dr Delanie Woodlock quoted in this article on what to tell kids who were sexually abused as infants - she points out that the abuse of babies has been overlooked, but the digital evidence shows they are being targeted for exploitation www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘Now that I know, what do I do?’ The terrible question of how and when to tell a small child about abuse
Common wisdom is that we don’t have memories before about the age of four. So what do parents do when a young child has been the victim of abuse?
www.theguardian.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
mike-salter.bsky.social
I’m supervising Nicolette Bell’s honours project on sexual wellbeing amongst Australian women who have survived child sexual abuse.

If you are a woman, in Australia, who has experienced child sexual abuse, please consider filling out this 15 minute survey: unsw.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Sexual Wellbeing Survey for Adult Female Suvivors of Child Sexual Abuse
A Criminology Honours Research Survey using a capabilities approach, which seeks to understand ‘What are the needs & experiences of sexual wellbeing for adult female survivors of child sexual abuse in...
unsw.au1.qualtrics.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
mike-salter.bsky.social
Looking forward to this book - Kate Price is a survivor and expert in family-based child sexual exploitation. This will be an important autobiography www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘I was completely dehumanised by my father’: how Kate Price uncovered the horrifying truths of her childhood
She was sexually abused by her father until she was about 12 – and he would also sell her to other men. Then she grew up and began researching child sex trafficking, slowly piecing together clues abou...
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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cdnchildprotect.bsky.social
C3P had the privilege of hosting child protection experts Dr. Elly Hanson, Prof. Jon Rouse, retired SSA Jim Cole, and @mike-salter.bsky.social in the last few weeks. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. The work you do is changing survivors' lives and we are so lucky to learn from the best!
June 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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wrt-t.bsky.social
French surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec sentenced to 20 years behind bars — the maximum penalty for aggravated rape, for sexually abusing hundreds of people, mostly children, over decades

#CSA Child Sexual Abuse #Rape #SexualAssault

France
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
French surgeon who sexually abused hundreds of people jailed
Joel Le Scouarnec is one of France's most prolific convicted sex offenders in the country's history.
www.abc.net.au
May 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
mike-salter.bsky.social
The podcast series Arachnid is now live, highlighting the human costs of decades of inaction over child sexual abuse material, with a focus on the pioneering work of @cdnchildprotect.bsky.social. Listen to the first two episodes here: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a...
Arachnid: Hunting the web’s darkest secrets
True Crime Podcast · Weekly Series · What if the worst thing that ever happened to you plays out every day, countless times, on anonymous computer screens all over the world.  Everyday tens of millio...
podcasts.apple.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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jasonkoebler.bsky.social
A research team created a 2 billion-message Discord dataset and published it online:

www.404media.co/researchers-...
Researchers Scrape 2 Billion Discord Messages and Publish Them Online
A Brazilian team used Discord’s API to scrape 10% of its open servers.
www.404media.co
May 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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wrt-t.bsky.social
The Qld state government has introduced legislation that would limit the use of 'good character' references when determining penalties in #Rape and #SexualAssault cases.

#LawReform #YourReferenceAintRelevant #CSA Child Sexual Abuse

Qld
Australia

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QLD introduces new legislation for sexual assault cases - ABC listen
The Queensland state government has introduced legislation that would limit the use of 'good character' references when determining penalties in rape and sexual assault cases. The proposed reforms ad...
www.abc.net.au
May 21, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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washingtonpost.com
Some of the tech industry’s biggest corporations are cracking down on employees who criticize their policies, stifling worker activism that was once ubiquitous in Silicon Valley.

The companies are rejecting worker petitions, firing employees, and removing critical posts on internal message boards.
Big Tech takes a harder line against worker activism, political dissent
A tighter labor market and lower corporate tolerance have stifled employee input on controversies over company policy, AI safety and the Israel-Gaza war.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
mike-salter.bsky.social
We 100% back Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds call for an inquiry into the residential care system, including the sexual exploitation of children in the system. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
'Shameful': Demand for investigation into residential care after exploitation revelations
The national children's commissioner calls for an inquiry into the $2 billion residential care system after an ABC investigation exposed children were being sexually exploited.
www.abc.net.au
May 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
mike-salter.bsky.social
"In some parts of Australia, one-third of the children in residential care are feared to be sexually exploited."

In the last financial year in Vic, 156 of the 472 children in residential care were believed to be sexually exploited. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Girl in 24/7 care 'so far gone' she may die from sexual exploitation
An ABC investigation into the $2 billion residential care system finds children in three of the biggest states are being preyed upon by child sex abusers when they should be safe in state care.
www.abc.net.au
May 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
mike-salter.bsky.social
The Nigerian sexual extortion network boasting about their offences on TikTok
BM Boys: the Nigerian sextortion network hiding in plain sight on TikTok
US kids are falling prey to a sophisticated network of scammers who extort thousands – and push some victims to suicide
www.theguardian.com
May 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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wrt-t.bsky.social
The Anglican bishop who took on sexual abuse in the church

#CCSA Clerical Child Sexual Abuse #CSA #AbuseByClergy #Coverup #MaleSurvivor

NSW
Australia
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
The Anglican bishop who took on sexual abuse in the church
When Greg Thompson became bishop of Newcastle, he refused to turn a blind eye to the decades-long child sex abuse scandals in the diocese. For him, it was personal. He was himself a sexual abuse survi...
www.abc.net.au
May 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
mike-salter.bsky.social
Lawsuit reveals that Pornhub knowingly hosted videos of child sexual abuse material with view counts of 600 million plus. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/o...
Opinion | These Internal Documents Show Why We Shouldn’t Trust Porn Companies
www.nytimes.com
May 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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jeffjarvis.bsky.social
Another boon to Elon Musk...
Trump administration to stop US research on space pollution, in boon to Elon Musk
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration to stop US research on space pollution, in boon to Elon Musk
SpaceX and Starlink owner may benefit from Trump cuts to projects that could have led to regulations and costs
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
mike-salter.bsky.social
Facebook’s implemention of E2E encryption is indisputably providing cover for child sex offenders and putting children’s lives at risk - the data is clear www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05...
Facebook ‘putting children’s lives in danger’ amid fall in its child abuse reports
National Crime Agency chiefs blame Mark Zuckerberg’s introduction of end-to-end encryption
www.telegraph.co.uk
May 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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the-independent.com
Virginia Giuffre, prominent survivor of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse, dies by suicide
Virginia Giuffre, survivor of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse, dies by suicide
Virginia Giuffre was one of the first survivors to call for Jeffrey Epstein to face criminal charges
www.independent.co.uk
April 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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themorrancave.bsky.social
Trump has indefinitely withdrawn federal funding for:
• Investigating child sexual abuse and internet crimes against kids;
• Responding to reports of missing children;
• Preventing youth violence

New, @propublica.org
The Trump Administration’s War on Children
The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.
www.propublica.org
April 23, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Zuckerberg trying to push child safety upstream to the app stores to stymie regulation that would hold Meta accountable www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
How Mark Zuckerberg is flipping the script on kids’ safety online
The Facebook founder is lobbying Congress to leave his firm alone — and making headway.
www.politico.com
April 22, 2025 at 9:12 AM