(That’s equivalent to filling over half of Oracle Arena, home to the Warriors basketball team.)
Gaining momentum in 2018.
We helped identify
10,081 kids
With the help of Thorn’s tools, law enforcement and investigators have been able to identify child sex trafficking victims and rescue children from situations where their sexual abuse was recorded and distributed. We’re building tools to stand up the toughest environments and empowering the frontlines to stop abuse before it happens.
We're all working together
38
Our products are used in 38 countries to find children worldwide.
9,000+
Over 9,000 officers are using our products daily to find kids faster.
35
We have 35 full-time employees innovating on behalf of children.
100s
We are proud to say we have partners in the hundreds and counting.
we equipped the front lines
Technology is a powerful tool, we choose to use it for good.
Making platforms safer
You’ve heard us talk about finding victims faster. In 2018 we launched a new product that will help us eliminate child sexual abuse material from the internet. Safer is a complete pipeline to identify, remove, and report child sexual abuse material (CSAM) from your platform quickly. It’s simple, cost-effective, and easy to integrate so you can focus on building your platform to be whatever you dreamed it could be.
We are already seeing results and we can’t wait to share them with you.
Issue
Over 44 million images and videos of suspected child sexual abuse were reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited children in 2018.
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beta partners are putting Safer to use on their platforms to help stop child sexual abuse material from spreading.
More time to find more victims
Our flagship tool is now used by over 9,000 officers, in all 50 states and Canada. To date, Spotlight has assisted in the investigation of 37,741 cases. Widespread adoption has created an unprecedented ability for law enforcement to collaborate across jurisdictions to find child victims faster.
More time to find more victims
Our flagship tool is now used by over 9,000 officers, in all 50 states and Canada. To date, Spotlight has assisted in the investigation of 37,741 cases. Widespread adoption has created an unprecedented ability for law enforcement to collaborate across jurisdictions to find child victims faster.
A victim was identified in 83% of cases reported by users where Spotlight was used.
Issue
How can law enforcement sift through massive amounts of data to focus on the most vulnerable victims?
9,380
child trafficking victims have been identified with the help of Spotlight — that’s over 8 kids per day on average.
63%
of critical search time is saved by law enforcement who are using Spotlight daily.
10,496
traffickers identified by law enforcement since 2016.
We gained insights
Survivor insights are critical to making an impact.
Behind the data, are people, complicated experiences, and moments that are difficult to qualify. Survivor insights keep our work grounded in the complexity of real experiences. This collaboration allows for the best interventions to be developed to defend children from sexual abuse. That’s why we elevated the voices of 260 sex trafficking survivors in 2018.
we focused on our community's wellness
To build a strong and healthy community, we must celebrate.
Our community grew in more ways than one.
2,000+
donors invested in our work
3
puppies added to the team
13
states where Thorn staff are working
2
counselors teaching our team resiliency
People came together to fight on behalf of kids.
We got the word out to people who needed to hear it.
Until every child can be safe, curious, and happy.
We’re still here, we’re still working. We can’t do it without your support.
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