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News
June 21, 2023

Rising Awareness and Urgency: Thorn’s Insights from NCMEC’s 2022 CyberTipline Report

In 2022, NCMEC’s CyberTipline received more than 32 million reports of suspected child sexual exploitation. This staggering number is more than just a statistic—it represents millions of children actually experiencing abuse.
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Prevention
June 20, 2023

“I thought we were friends”: A Sextortion Story

When a young boy begins chatting with a “friend” during a video game, she lures him in and abuses his trust, engaging in sextortion for his nudes.
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Research
June 6, 2023

New Research from Thorn: LGBTQ+ Minors are 3X More Likely to Experience Unwanted and Risky Online Interactions

In our latest research focusing on LGBTQ+ experiences online, we discovered that LGBTQ+ youth place enormous importance on online communities as places for exploration and perceived safety – but these platforms also carry their own risk of harm and risky…
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News
May 26, 2023

Generative AI: Now is the Time for Safety By Design

Generative AI represents a true paradigm shift in our ability to create content and ideas, with the potential to have significant implications on the ways in which we work and live. In the child safety ecosystem, generative AI also changes…
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The Issue
May 16, 2023

Redefining “Child Pornography”

It's a nightmare reality happening at alarming rates: a child is sexually abused – and evidence of that abuse has spread across the internet like wildfire. This abuse material is traumatizing, toxic, illegal and definitely NOT pornography.
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The Issue
April 20, 2023

Keeping Kids Safe in an Ever-Evolving Digital Era

How did we get here, to this place where technology has become such a double-edged sword? And how is Thorn responding to ensure we are on the right path to defend children? Let’s take a closer look.
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April 14, 2023

Ashton Kutcher Discusses EU Child Safety Legislation with Parliament

To help the public – especially those in the EU with a stake in protecting children – better understand the importance of new legislation and rally behind it, Thorn co-founder Ashton Kutcher spoke passionately about the scale of CSAM and…
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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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Support Us
April 10, 2023

Support Thorn at Checkout with PayPal

Did you know that there’s an easy way to give back while shopping online? If you use PayPal as a payment method for your purchases, you can help defend children during checkout.
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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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