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Oct232020Guest Writer
Accessibility to technologies has changed the playing field
Read moreThis is the conundrum that we are dealing with – technology is making our jobs more difficult and informing us at the same time. The law enforcement community needs to adopt to these challenges, and we need to be willing to try to learn new technology.
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Aug282020Guest Writer
Live-streaming is on the increase
Read moreVoluntarily and induced (either as a result of grooming or sexual extortion) self-produced live-streamed material is the type of material that occurs most commonly in investigations.
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Jul282020Guest Writer
Easy production and sharing drives the spread of child sexual abuse material
Read moreChild sexual abuse material is today stored on all possible devices and shared in all sorts of fora on the internet. The nature of sharing information follows the development of technology which throws up new challenges for law enforcement.
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Jun122020Guest Writer
Artificial Intelligence will be a major game changer
Read moreThe technological development that is having the single most impact on child sexual abuse investigations is Artificial Intelligence (AI). I have used AI for many years now and in the past two or three years there have been some incredible developments.
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May072020Guest Writer
Promoting Freedom of Expression while fully Supporting Fight against Child Sexual Abuse Material
Read moreTelia Company’s human rights commitments cover a number of responsible business focus areas, including one on freedom of expression (led by me, Patrik Hiselius) and one on children’s rights (led by me, Heddy Ring). In this blog we share with you how our interests merge.
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Apr152020Guest Writer
How important is business integrity and ethical leadership in today’s society?
Read moreToday is the fastest day of technological evolution for the rest of your life; today is also the slowest day of technological evolution for the rest of your life. This provides us with incredible possibilities.
Will we expand the life of every human on the planet and eradicate diseases that have plagued mankind? Can we ensure modern education for every child on the planet, lift the remaining 10% of the planet out of poverty, and reverse the implications of climate change? While we cannot predict the future, we can say that technology will play a significant role in these efforts. -
Mar092020Guest Writer
By using technology to our advantage we can prevent crime and safeguard children
Read moreDigital development has enabled offenders to produce and share child sexual abuse material at a previously impossible scale. In addition, the last decade’s development of social media platforms and gaming platforms has enabled offenders to reach children directly, and abuse them over the internet without meeting them in person, adding a new dimension to this crime. Live-streaming services, examined closer in this report, has pushed this development further.
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Aug132019Guest Writer
Cathal Delaney: Project “Trace an Object” – details help the police identify children
Read moreTo aid the search for children Europol has set up project “Trace an Object”. It asks the public to view cropped parts of images to see if they recognise objects. This can help place the location of the abuse.
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Jul242019Guest Writer
John Shehan: There has been a significant increase in self-produced material
Read moreSelf-produced material, whether voluntarily made or produced through grooming and extortion is on the rise. The images fall within a broad spectrum, from everyday holiday snaps to sexual extortion where victims are forced to take images of themselves.
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Jun052019Guest Writer
Cathal Delaney: Offender groups are becoming more organised and businesslike in their set-up
Read moreThe Head of Team, Analysis Project Twins, EC3, at Europol comments on this development, based on Europol’s observations of online communication and organisation.
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