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Prevention
April 11, 2023

Online grooming: What it is, how it happens, and how to defend children

Finding something in common. Telling personal stories. Sharing something just a little bit vulnerable and creating a bond. We all do this to build trust. But what if someone takes that trust to a place where we never want it…
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Prevention
April 1, 2023

How to Keep Your Photos Safe

It’s possible you’ve taken a bad or embarrassing selfie, a photo you thought you’d share, but decided against, or even a photo that could put you in danger. How can you be sure that those photos are really, truly deleted?
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Prevention
March 22, 2023

How Thorn Works With Platforms to Make Them Safer

Thorn is grateful when we get the opportunity to partner with popular platforms to connect with young users where they are, helping them to interact in positive ways to reduce risk.
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Prevention
February 13, 2023

Recognizing Abuse Masquerading as Love: Grooming, SG-CSAM, and Sextortion

At Thorn, we understand how perpetrators deliberately emotionally manipulate and misrepresent "love" to abuse their victims – often without them even knowing it.
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Prevention
October 27, 2021

Talking with kids about online safety: Q&A with child and family therapist Amelia Aburn

Kids today face a very different set of challenges than most adults did growing up. Navigating growing up online, where normal sexual development and technology collide, isn’t something that needed to be included In conversations between parents and kids in…
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Prevention
June 26, 2021

Pride 2021: Defending the most vulnerable communities

"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced"- James Baldwin At Thorn, we seek to shine a light in the darkest corners of the internet. We face atrocities every day in…
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Prevention
July 1, 2020

What to do when you find CSAM or evidence of child sex trafficking online

In the year 2000, just about half of all American adults were online. Today, nine-in-ten adults use the internet in the United States, according to Pew Research Center. And in 2020, Americans, along with the rest of the world, are…
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Prevention
April 20, 2020

Keeping your kids safe online in the age of COVID: Usable tips for parents

As a parent, I’m concerned. Not only am I worried about my family’s health in the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic, but I’m figuring out how to run a school out of my dining room, learning how to work with…
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Prevention
October 3, 2017

How to Stay Safe on Kik

Safety Teams at your favorite platforms work hard to ensure that you and your content are protected. The following post was written by the safety team at Kik to provide you with their top tips on staying safe online. At…
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