Factors Associated with Help-Seeking Among Online Child Sexual Abuse Material Offenders: Results of an Anonymous Survey on the Dark Web
RESEARCH ARTICLE Groundbreaking study delving into why some CSAM offenders seek help while others do not.
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- Jun 4
Online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation in France: Experiences of French-Speaking Survivors and Insights from Offenders
STATEMENT This statement concerns online child sexual abuse and exploitation in France and presents findings from French survivors.
- Jun 3
ReDirection Report: Spanish Speaking CSAM Users in the Dark Web
REPORT Available in English and Spanish. Protect Children's latest ReDirection report reveals unprecedented findings on Spanish speaking ...
- May 28
Online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation in Poland: Experiences of Polish-Speaking Survivors and Insights from Offenders
STATEMENT Available in English and Polish. This statement examines the alarming escalation of OCSAE in Poland, offering insights...
- Apr 5
Investigating child sexual abuse material availability, searches, and users on the anonymous Tor network for a public health intervention strategy
RESEARCH REPORT A groundbreaking peer-reviewed article published in the high-level journal, Nature Scientific Reports.
- Apr 3
In Conversation With Tegan Insoll, Head of Research at Protect Children, and Dan Sexton, Chief Technology Officer at the IWF
This new episode from the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) focuses on new research from Finnish child protection agency Protect Children...
- Mar 5
My Visit to Protect Children: Working Together to Understand and Combat Child Sexual Abuse Offenders
Child sexual abuse is a prevalent issue in our digital age, but hope can be found in the growing effort to combat this threat through...
- Feb 6
Tech Platforms Used by Online Child Sexual Abuse Offenders
REPORT Protect Children’s study, funded by the Tech Coalition Safe Online Research Fund, brings to light the distressing ease of accessing
- Dec 4, 2023
Encrypted platforms are quickly becoming a safe haven for child sexual abuse
STATEMENT Encrypted platforms are quickly becoming a safe haven for individuals who perpetrate crimes of sexual violence against children.
- Nov 13, 2023
The new ReDirection film highlights the paramount importance of child sexual abuse prevention
VIDEO The creation, distribution, and use of CSAM is a far greater problem than what is publicly acknowledged. It is an urgent public...
- Nov 7, 2023
Thesis: Factors Associated with Suicidal Ideation and Behaviour among Finnish speaking CSAM Users
MASTER'S THESIS Monna Nuotte & Reetta Sivonen Master's students at the University of Eastern Finland, Monna Nuotte and Reetta Sivonen,...
- Nov 2, 2023
Protect Children is concerned about the recent cases of sexual violence against children in Spain
STATEMENT Available in English and Spanish. A statement concerning recent cases of child sexual violence against children in Spain, with...
- Oct 17, 2023
WeProtect Global Alliance’s Global Threat Assessment 2023
REPORT WeProtect Global Alliance Child sexual exploitation and abuse online is a growing global crisis, both in terms of scale and the...
- Oct 10, 2023
Call for action to address online child sexual abuse and exploitation in France
STATEMENT A statement from Protect Children concerning online child sexual abuse and exploitation in France
- Oct 10, 2023
Call for action to address online child sexual abuse and exploitation in Belgium
STATEMENT A statement from Protect Children concerning online child sexual abuse and exploitation in Belgium
- Sep 20, 2023
Alarming Prevalence of Child Sexual Abuse Material on Social Media and Instant Messengers
STATEMENT PRELIMINARY FINDINGS Alarming prevalence of child sexual abuse material on the surface web: social media, instant messengers,...
- Sep 13, 2023
Upcoming research: enhancing help-seeking motivations of CSAM users
BLOG POST In April 2023, Protect Children launched a new research project, with the aim to enhance help-seeking motivations of child...
- Sep 5, 2023
ReDirection Project: Summarizing Results 2022-2023
BLOG POST #ReDirection 2023 Blog Post Series 06 Since December 2019, we have been working every day to ensure that no child is subject to...
- Sep 4, 2023
‘Chat to a specialist’: Evaluation of an anonymous chat function of the ReDirection program
REPORT ReDirection Survey Report Protect Children's latest ReDirection report lays out key findings from a 10-month pilot of the RDChat,...
- Aug 29, 2023
Researching Spanish-Speaking CSAM Users in the Dark Web: 86% of Respondents Have not Sought Help
BLOG POST #ReDirection 2023 Blog Post Series 05 Protect Children, in collaboration with Red PaPaz, has published a new #ReDirection...
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