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Childlight works with partners around the world to understand the prevalence, nature and scale of child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA). www.childlight.org

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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
🌍 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
A conference room with a panel of speakers seated at the front and delegates seated listening.
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
🌏 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-...
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Global Data Fellows - Childlight
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
📢 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 👇
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
📢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 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.
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
🔦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
Logos for SOS Children's Villages UK and Childlight against a blue background
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
🌎 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
Signatories to the 'Atlanta Agreement' stand in front of Emory University for a group picture.
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
🌟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 👏
Award winners on the stage at the McEwen Hall in Edinburgh. Professor Deborah Fry is in the centre holding Childlight's certificate.
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
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
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
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
Members of the Childlight, CRC and Lantern Rescue teams pose for a picture next to a Childlight banner.
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
🚨 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...
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
🚨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
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The Binks Hub @thebinkshub.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
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
Screenshot of Eventbrite page for the Power of Purpose workshop series.
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
🚨 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
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
🚨 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
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Child Helpline International @chi-amsterdam.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
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: loom.ly/fa3iztQ
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Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) @iwf.org.uk · 23/04/2025
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
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
📢 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
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Register — Bridging the Sciences
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
🚨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
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."
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
🔦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...
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Child sexual exploitation and abuse is a multibillion-dollar industry – new report shows who benefits
The world’s financial and tech infrastructure has become complicit in sustaining these crimes.
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
🚨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
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.”
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
💲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
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.'
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
🚨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
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.'
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ECPAT International @ecpat.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
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!
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
🚨 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. bit.ly/429gg82
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Enforcing the Online Safety Act: Platforms must start tackling illegal material from today
From today, online platforms must start putting in place measures to protect people in the UK from criminal activity, while Ofcom has launched its latest enforcement programme to assess industry compl...
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The Binks Hub @thebinkshub.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
"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
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Childlight Global Data Fellows Residency 2025: Collaboration with the Binks Hub – The Binks Hub
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
🚨We welcome FATF call to cut off the illicit money flows from the abuse of children. “This is not just an atrocity its an industry generating billions of dollars in profits & our research suggests it affects 10 children every second.” Childlight, CEO Paul Stanfield www.fatf-gafi.org/content/fatf...
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Detecting, Disrupting and Investigating Online Child Sexual Exploitation
This report aims to provide an updated, precise understanding of the financial flows related to online child sexual exploitation through exploring the live-streamed sexual abuse and financial sexual e...
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
🌎 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
The Global Data Fellows at Childlight's Edinburgh University office standing next to a Childlight pop up.
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Thank you @thebinkshub.bsky.social for such an inspiring session 🙏
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
🚨The online sexual extortion of young children is part of a growing world wide public health emergency our Global Director of Data Professor Deborah Fry tells BBC Radio Scotland (from 55mins and 30secs) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Good Morning Scotland - 27/02/2025 - BBC Sounds
The latest news from home and abroad, along with sport, travel and weather updates.
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
🌍 Breaking Down Barriers to Child Protection 🌍 🔦 Access to reliable data and research on child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) shouldn’t be limited by language. 🗣️ That’s why Childlight has today made our content available in more than 100 languages 💻 www.childlight.org
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- Global Child Safety Institute
Childlight uses the power of data to support governments and organisations to ensure no child lives their life in the darkness of sexual exploitation and abuse.
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Moray House School of Education and Sport @morayhouse.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
While participation was important to children, they and their parents generally did not see their early childhood education settings as participatory spaces. Research findings from 4 countries: edin.ac/42MbuhA
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Moray House School of Education and Sport @morayhouse.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Global research shows 1 in 5 children under the age of 5 experience violence, while 1 in 10 women experience violence during pregnancy. What is the cost of violence in early childhood? Find out more about this important research: edin.ac/411ylV4
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Childlight supported the SIPP team with new global research showing 1 in 5 children under the age of 5 experience violence, while 1 in 10 women experience violence during pregnancy. #inclusivepedagogy #earlychildhood #childrensrights #accessibleeducation Find out more: edin.ac/411ylV4
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SIPP Briefing Paper: The Cost of Violence in Early Childhood - Safe Inclusive Participative Pedagogy
This briefing paper focuses on the incidence and consequences of early childhood violence against children globally, the disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost due to health outcomes related to v...
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Moray House School of Education and Sport @morayhouse.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
To ensure all children are included in early childhood education, settings need to be available, accessible, good quality and attend to needs of children with disabilities & health issues. Research briefing: edin.ac/40MWAoH
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Moray House School of Education and Sport @morayhouse.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
🌍 Early childhood education is key to tackling inequalities. The Safe, Inclusive Participative Pedagogy SIPP project, led by the University of Edinburgh, develops inclusive teaching in challenging contexts. This week, we’re sharing key insights from this project. 📖 Research brief: edin.ac/3ErsC28
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Moray House School of Education and Sport @morayhouse.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Research finds that early childhood education settings are only accessible if children are safe travelling to and from them. There is little point having safe early childhood education settings if children are not safe travelling to them. Project briefing: edin.ac/3WQ7yIX
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
While #participation was important to children, they and their parents generally did not see their #earlychildhood education settings as participatory spaces. Research findings from 4 countries: edin.ac/42MbuhA
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SIPP Briefing Paper: Participation in Early Childhood Education - Safe Inclusive Participative Pedagogy
This briefing paper explores the SIPP concept of ‘participation’ as it relates to early childhood education in the four case studies communities and finishes with an internationally relevant set of re...
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
🚨 We're Hiring 🚨 🌎 Do you want to contribute to global efforts to protect children online. We're looking for a Technology-Facilitated CSEA Research Associate. 📍 Location: Edinburgh 📅 Apply by: 10th February 🔗 Apply or share www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLN424/t... #ResearchJobs #ChildSafety
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Technology-Facilitated CSEA Research Associate at The University of Edinburgh
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Technology-Facilitated CSEA Research Associate on jobs.ac.uk!
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
🚀Are you passionate about technology and driven by a mission to make the digital world safer for children? 🔎 Childlight are looking for a Research Associate with strong analytical skills to help shape data-driven solutions. 🦸Use your tech skills for good apply now🌟 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLN424/t...
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Technology-Facilitated CSEA Research Associate at The University of Edinburgh
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Technology-Facilitated CSEA Research Associate on jobs.ac.uk!
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
🌍 Make a difference with data. 🌍 Child Protection Data Futures @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social is your chance to ✅ Master working with diverse data sets ✅ Collaborate to improve child protection ✅ Join a global community committed to safeguarding 🌟 apply now efi.ed.ac.uk/programmes/c...
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Child Protection Data Futures - Edinburgh Futures Institute
Develop the specialist skills to apply theory to reality and make an impact, with a value-driven, socially responsible contribution to tackling child maltreatment and youth violence globally.
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Childlight research estimates 1 in 12 children are the victims of online sexual abuse. This is a global emergency 🚨 Thanks to @cnn.com for highlighting the issue - children need action now, they can't wait. edition.cnn.com/2025/01/21/h...
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1 in 12 children are victims of online sexual abuse, study says | CNN
Sexual abuse of kids online might be more common than you think. It’s time to treat sexual exploitation and abuse online as a global child health crisis, experts say.
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
🚨The internet has become a crime scene, with children sexually exploited and abused online around 10 X every second. 👨‍💻This is a global health emergency. 👉 Read our groundbreaking study published in @thelancet.bsky.social today www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Prevalence estimates and nature of online child sexual exploitation and abuse: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Heterogeneity in prevalence estimates identified across studies and regions indicates that more research is required to draw stronger conclusions about the scale of OCSEA. However, the findings of thi...
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
📢 Job opportunity 📢 🔎 We're looking for a Technology-Facilitated CSEA Research Associate to help us in our mission to safeguard children globally. 👉 This is a full-time post based in Edinburgh. Deadline is 10th February. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLN424/t...
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Technology-Facilitated CSEA Research Associate at The University of Edinburgh
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Technology-Facilitated CSEA Research Associate on jobs.ac.uk!
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Ofcom @ofcom.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Online services must introduce age checks to protect children from encountering porn. Our new guidance sets out how we expect sites and apps to introduce highly effective age assurance, while protecting adults' privacy rights. Find out more: www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...
White text on blue background with image of computer with pixelated screen. Text that reads: "Age checks to protect children from online porn."
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
📰 Our CEO Paul Stanfield has spoken to 1919 Magazine about Childlight's work helping safeguard children globally. 🚨We support key standards in CSEA policing ensuring wherever in the world reports of children at risk are received they can be acted on urgently. 1919magazine.co.uk/january2025/...
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On the Record: The British ex-cop helping to safeguard children from sexual abuse across the world - 1919 Magazine
After a long policing career focused on child sexual abuse and exploitation, Paul Stanfield now heads up a Scottish-based safety institute.
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Canadian Centre for Child Protection @cdnchildprotect.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
New year, new account 🦋
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
🔦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.
The picture has a dark blue background with fairy lights shaped like stars. The message says ' Childlight wish you peace and joy this holiday season'.
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
🍏 You can now also listen to our podcasts on Apple. 🎧 In our first episode find out why the abuse and exploitation of children should be treated as a global public health emergency. 🚨Our next episode will arrive in January 2025! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
🚨The exploitation and abuse of children online has become a pandemic. 🔦21% of people in Western Europe have been a victim of online solicitation as a child. 💻Online safeguards are urgently needed.
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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
We welcome @consilium.europa.eu proposals to toughen EU law on child sexual abuse and exploitation. The inclusion of an obligation for EU states to improve data collection on the crime marks a key step forward in creating a safer online world for children. www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
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Combatting child sexual abuse: Council adopts position on strengthened EU criminal law
The Council has agreed a general approach on the revision of an EU directive on the criminalisation and prevention of child sexual abuse and sexual exploitation.
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