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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · Jun 25

🌍 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

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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · Jun 24

🌏 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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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · Jun 23

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https://www.childlight.org/newsroom/childlight-appoints-director-of-european-hub👇

Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · Jun 23

📢 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 · Jun 20

📢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.

Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · Jun 10

🔦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

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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · Jun 4

🌎 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

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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · May 29

🌟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 · May 13

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

Register — Bridging the Sciences

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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · May 7

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 · May 6

🚨 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 · May 5

🚨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 · May 2

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

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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · May 1

🚨 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

Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · Apr 29

🚨 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 · Apr 24

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

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Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) @iwf.org.uk · Apr 23

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 · Apr 22

📢 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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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · Apr 21

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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · Apr 21

🚨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 · Apr 15

🔦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

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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 · Apr 14

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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · Apr 14

🚨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 · Apr 10

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Childlight Global Child Safety Institute @childlightgcsi.bsky.social · Apr 10

💲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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