The @childlightgcsi.bsky.social East Asia and Pacific Hub at UNSW have made a submission to the Senate Inquiry into family, domestic and sexual violence and suicide. You can access the submission here: www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStor...

Another instance of minimising. Some estimates are as high as 1 in 4 children for a largely hidden and underreported crime. Not remotely niche.

Had a grants body describe child sexual abuse material as a “niche” issue not worthy of research funding. 20% of people charged with a sex offence in Australia are charged with a CSAM offence. It’s more common than image-related offences against adults. But doesn’t get a fraction of the attention.

Remarkable piece by @melindacooper.bsky.social for @equatormag.bsky.social www.equator.org/articles/eps...

The absence of gender analysis in discussion of the "New Gilded Age" has been striking. We'll be doing our part to remedy that here.

Really enjoyed joining Dr Karen Peck and James Carleton on ABC’s God Forbid to explore the nature of good, evil and everything in between — from the reality of suffering and trauma to questions of forgiveness, redemption and human complexity. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

The Infrastructure of Jeffrey Epstein’s Power www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...

The Epstein Files and the Hidden World of an Unaccountable Elite www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...

A good move. Less of the stupidity of incidents where people like George Pell get a sterling character reference from the likes of Johnny Howard. Meaningless in reality, just intimidating victims. #SexualAbuse #CSA #Auspol

Congrats to Harri and Jarad from Your Reference Ain’t Relevant - good character references to be abolished at sentencing in NSW www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...

A moving portrait of my @ISSTD colleague Dr Milissa Kaufman, whose experience of dissociative identity disorder shaped her own path to psychiatry where she is now a world leading expert on the condition www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/m...

Tech Won’t Save Us is back from a holiday break — and that means it’s time to set the stage for the year ahead! This week @parismarx.com lays out his big focuses for this year: digital sovereignty and rethinking the tech we personally depend on. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/311_...

The hypocrisy of Meta lecturing the Australian govt on online safety is staggering - in the same year that the encryption of Facebook Messenger has resulted in an unprecedented drop in online child sexual abuse notifications. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

OFCOM - Investigation into X Internet Unlimited Company and its compliance with duties to protect its users from illegal content and child users from harmful content www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...

Malaysia and Indonesia block X over failure to curb deepfake smut

Child sexual abuse material of the most egregious type has been widely distributed on social media sites since their development 20 years ago. Musk’s public apathy about Grok’s illegal output has been the private attitude of tech CEOs for decades.

More on this. X has now limited the use of AI image function to those who pay a monthly fee, a change dubbed by Downing Street as "insulting" to victims of sexual violence. Musk says X outcry is 'excuse for censorship'

@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

“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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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_...

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...

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!

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...

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...

A research team created a 2 billion-message Discord dataset and published it online: www.404media.co/researchers-...

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 audio duration: 6:27 www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

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.

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...

"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...

The Nigerian sexual extortion network boasting about their offences on TikTok

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...

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...

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...

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...

Virginia Giuffre, prominent survivor of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse, dies by suicide

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

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...

Dating apps are helping Australians find love, but a new study has revealed they're also helping predators find victims. Institute Associate + Director of Childlight East Asia and Pacific Hub, Professor @mike-salter.bsky.social spoke to RNBreakfast about his research. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

This is an incredibly important point to grasp at this moment in history. Don’t let American big tech and its useful idiots weaponise tariffs against online safety legislation. www.theneweuropean.co.uk/britain-must...

Last night, we officially launched the East Asia and Pacific Hub of @childlightgcsi.bsky.social, where I’m honoured to be inaugural director. We are dedicated to research for impact on child sexual exploitation and abuse. Find out more about our work at: www.childlight.org/east-asia-pa...

🚨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

Real weird areas going on at Attorney-General's Dept as procurement for critical services for child sex abuse victim-survivors and non-offending family of perpetrators are delayed again and again. Damning audit is on the way, ethical conduct in spotlight. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...

Good on @squigglyrick.bsky.social for exposing this scandal: national child sexual abuse support and prevention services committed to in 2021 are still not funded in 2025, leaving children at risk and non-govt orgs struggling to deliver vital services www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...

I'm a guest on the @who.int #noexcuse podcast this week to discuss child sexual exploitation and abuse in the aid sector www.who.int/podcasts/epi...

🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️Race with Grace! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️ This year, the Grace Tame Foundation has partnered with some of Australia’s leading running festivals, allowing our supporters to get out there and get active while raising much-needed funds for the Foundation to continue its vital work.