Learn About Life at Thorn

At Thorn, we bring together the best hearts and minds from tech, child protection, business and nonprofit fields to create powerful products and programs to defend children from sexual abuse. […]

Dr. Rebecca Portnoff, Head of Data Science at Thorn, shares more about her career and what working to defend children with tech is like.

Once you know about child sexual abuse, you can’t un-know it. In order to stay resilient in the fight to defend children from sexual abuse, protecting mental health is paramount. 

It’s not uncommon for people with varied backgrounds to find their way to Thorn. While everyone has their own personal story, they’re all clearly united by the mission. One of them is Sanjay Krishnamurthy, our Senior Manager of Business Development.

Imagine a world where the internet is a safe place for children to learn, connect, and play. This is what tech innovators envisioned when they created the robust global network that’s become ingrained in our daily lives.

Last June, the Thorn team gathered on a video call to reflect. Our CEO had made the space, invited the entire company, and we all showed up. We are a […]

As a remote-first, fully distributed team at Thorn, we connect virtually every day with tools like Zoom and Slack. But at least twice a year we get the whole team […]

Tips for building, managing, and maintaining engineering teams in a remote-first environment   As a result of the current health crisis sweeping the world, we are a society that has […]

Tips for working from home from Thorn, a remote-first organization Eight years ago, when Thorn was founded, we challenged ourselves to find the best talent to support this mission, regardless […]