A conference room with a panel of speakers seated at the front and delegates seated listening.
🌍 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
🌏 Would you like to join a global community of professionals working to strengthen child protection through data and evidence?
🔦 Childlight's Global Data Fellow Programme is open for expressions of interest
📅 Deadline: July 4, 2026
www.childlight.org/global-data-...
www.childlight.org/newsroom/chi...
📢 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 CEO Paul Stanfield and Child Rescue Coalition CEO Greg Schiller sign a memorandum of understanding on a table outside. Members of both teams stand behind them.
📢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
Logos for SOS Children's Villages UK and Childlight against a blue background
🔦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
Signatories to the 'Atlanta Agreement' stand in front of Emory University for a group picture.
🌎 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
Award winners on the stage at the McEwen Hall in Edinburgh. Professor Deborah Fry is in the centre holding Childlight's certificate.
🌟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 👏
Join us and @icmec.bsky.social June 2–3 for Bridging the Sciences. A groundbreaking hybrid symposium bringing together global experts in healthcare, technology, law, and education to drive evidence-based solutions for child safety.
Online registration is free
www.bridgingthesciences.com/register
Members of the Childlight, CRC and Lantern Rescue teams pose for a picture next to a Childlight banner.
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
🚨 The latest figures from @ncmec.org have been released and reveal an alarming 192% increase in reports of online enticement - as adults target children to sexually exploit them.
Read the report 👇
www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/c...
🚨Child abusers are changing tactics in the Philippines🚨
⚠️Large organised syndicates of offenders have been replaced by smaller covert groups which are harder to detect
🛡️Stronger legal and social child protections are urgently needed
🔦Read Searchlight bit.ly/3GaUZSU
#AbuseIsPreventable
Screenshot of Eventbrite page for the Power of Purpose workshop series.
We're delighted to offer a new series of online workshops in collaboration with Take Note and CRFR ✨
Led by Marianna Hay MBE, these workshops aim to support Scottish charities and grassroots social change organisations in creating effective impact.
Find out more and register here: edin.ac/4iKT7ht
🚨 Our new polling shows Australians support stronger safeguards to protect children online.
👉 73% believe children aren't safe on social media platforms
👉 92% Support stricter regulation of major tech
👉 86% believe the Australian government should do more to prevent abuse
🔦https://bit.ly/4juZBSN
🚨 The age of consent in Colombia is failing children🚨
✈️Child abusers are travelling to Colombia to take advantage of the legal age of consent being set at 14
🛡️Colombian government must act to protect children and raise the legal age
🔦Read the research bit.ly/3GaUZSU
#AbuseIsPreventable
We’re proud to be a partner of @childlightgcsi.bsky.social, the global child safety institute dedicated to using data to expose and investigate the scale and nature of child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSEA) worldwide. Read more about our exciting collaboration here: https://loom.ly/fa3iztQ
In 2024, more than half (62%) of the child sexual abuse webpages ‘actioned’ by our analysts were traced to hosting services in EU countries. An 11% increase on 2023.
Find out more about our policy work here: www.iwf.org.uk/news-media/n...
#BehindTheScreens
📢 Bridging the Sciences: New Approaches to Child Protection 📢
📅 June 2–3, 2025 | 🌐 Free to attend online | 🎓 CME credits
More than 300 million children are affected by abuse it's time to treat CSEA as an urgent public health issue.
🔗Register for the special symposium bit.ly/4isoGMP
Slide shows an image of Professor Michael Salter, Director Childlight Pacific & East Asia Hub, UNSW. Text says: "Our findings provide clear evidence that dating apps lack adequate child protection measures, and these loopholes are being exploited by child abusers to target single parents and their children."
🚨Swipe wrong 🚨
👩👦👦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
🔦Our Global Director of Data Prof Deborah Fry has been speaking to @theconversation.com about why prevention is crucial in tackling the multi-billion dollar industry of technology facilitated child sexual exploitation and abuse.
#AbuseIsPreventable
theconversation.com/child-sexual...
Picture of Paul Stanfield Childlight CEO. Quote from him says: “Spotting the tell-tale 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.”
🚨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
An image of a person looking at their phone surrounded by money. The text says 'Technology with too few regulations has turned child sexual abuse into a highly lucrative industry.'
💲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
@ncmec.org @ecpat.bsky.social @ecpatuk.bsky.social @thesvri.bsky.social @morayhouse.bsky.social @cdnchildprotect.bsky.social @protect-children.bsky.social @celcis.org @mike-salter.bsky.social '
Image of a man on his phone looking at a dating platform. Text says 'More than one in five male abusers use matchmaking sites daily.'
🚨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
Hello! 👋
We’re excited to join Bluesky and continue pushing for a world where every child is safe from sexual exploitation.
A fresh start means new opportunities to connect, share insights, and drive change.
Let’s get to work!
🚨 From today tech platforms must take action to protect children in the UK
@ofcom.bsky.social will be enforcing safety measures to prevent offenders sharing CSAM materials
10 children every second are affected by tech facilitated abuse globally but this pandemic is preventable.
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"This collaboration...underscored the value of creative methodologies in research, reinforcing the importance of innovation in tackling complex social issues."
Read more about our work with @childlightgcsi.bsky.social - edin.ac/3Dspbbn
#CRMethods #AcademicSky @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social
