<p>The Protech project is a groundbreaking, EU-funded study exploring how safety tech could be used to stop the viewing of child sexual abuse imagery on people’s devices. </p><p> </p><p>Child sexual abuse material is spreading on the internet at shocking levels and identifying ways to block the demand for abuse imagery is a pivotal part of efforts to protect children.</p><p> </p><p>The two-year project is conducting a real-life pilot study in the EU and the UK – with individuals who are at risk of viewing child sexual abuse imagery.</p><p> </p><p>In this podcast series, we’re discussing the Protech project, its aims and outcomes, as well as wider efforts to improve the response to child sexual abuse and exploitation online.</p><p><br>Find out more at protechproject.eu<br><br><br></p>
"We need technical interventions that can work at scale to prevent or make it harder for people to view and access websites and platforms that are carrying images and videos of child sexual abuse.” – Dan Sexton, Chief Technology Officer at the Internet Watch Foundation.Episode 2 of the Protech podcast gives listeners an understanding of the machine-learning tech that is being employed in the project to place barriers in the way of those seeking to view child sexual abuse material on the inter...
Child sexual abuse material is rampant on the internet and efforts to remove the imagery can seem like a drop in the ocean when faced with the sea of criminal content that is being actively viewed and distributed on the open web. This can be devastating for survivors, who are repeatedly victimised every time images of their abuse are shared online. In Episode 1 of the Intervention podcast, we discuss how stopping people from viewing and distributing videos and images of child sexual abus...