Kieran Beer’s Post

Technology facilitated sexual violence and sexual exploitation involve the use of technology in a harmful way against women and girls. For example, websites that advertise women and girls in the sex trade and pornography sites ultimately feed the demand that leads to trafficking for sexual exploitation. Everyday technology like cameras and GPS trackers are increasingly used in intimate partner abuse and coercive control.

Task Force Identifies 44 Offenders of Live-Stream Child Sex Abuse in Canada In a coordinated effort with multiple law enforcement organizations, supported by our partner Child Rescue Coalition, 44 potential high-harm offenders involved in Live Distance Child Sex Abuse were identified in Canada during a recent operation. Live Distance Child Sex Abuse is difficult to investigate and, often, involves offenders from developed countries preying on vulnerable children in developing countries, orchestrating real-time sexual abuse over live stream. CRC’s new technology is equipping global law enforcement to identify and investigate these offenders, each of whom has the capacity to victimize hundreds of children every year. We are grateful to be able to come alongside those on the front lines who are bringing light into dark places.

New Resource from ACT Alberta The Toolkit for Front-Line Workers Supporting Adult Survivors of Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking in Canada provides essential guidance for service providers supporting survivors. Developed by ACT Alberta and funded by Public Safety Canada, the toolkit offers frameworks, best practices, and trauma-informed strategies to strengthen community response and survivor support. 📘 Access the full toolkit at https://lnkd.in/gfjEsgtv #CIAFV #ACTAlberta #HumanTraffickingAwareness #SexualExploitationPrevention #FrontLineSupport #CommunityResponse

“The biggest thing that we can do to advocate for people is to immediately call out victim blaming the second you hear it.” — Roo Powell, Founder of SOSA (Safe from Online Sex Abuse) As part of our Fireside Conversations series last March, Roo joined Breaking Silence to discuss online exploitation, child safety, and how digital empathy can change the way we protect vulnerable communities. Her and SOSA’s work—from Undercover Underage to SOSA Undercover—continues to expose how online spaces can both endanger and empower. 🔗 Watch the full conversation on our YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/gJ3vVfYS

Among 24 pediatric post–COVID condition studies, 9 used test-negative controls, of which 4 employed prospective designs, 4 used matched controls, and 1 accounted for confounding by sex stratification. https://ja.ma/4nSZB0E

Illicit Massage Businesses (IMBs) are often a venue that uses the cover of a legitimate bodywork or massage business to use sex trafficked victims to provide commercial sex acts to a customer base of sex buyers. Based on revenue estimates of IMBs that have been closed by law enforcement – the average IMB can net around $250,000 in a year. The average IMB owner can easily earn over half a million dollars a year with 2-3 IMBs in a network and frequently require victims pay down their debt with interest.  The way to stop them is to report a suspected IMB to law enforcement. #millionkids #beaware #protectandprevent #educatetoprotect #stopsextrafficking

Illicit Massage Businesses (IMBs) are often a venue that uses the cover of a legitimate bodywork or massage business to use sex trafficked victims to provide commercial sex acts to a customer base of sex buyers. Based on revenue estimates of IMBs that have been closed by law enforcement – the average IMB can net around $250,000 in a year. The average IMB owner can easily earn over half a million dollars a year with 2-3 IMBs in a network and frequently require victims pay down their debt with interest.  The way to stop them is to report a suspected IMB to law enforcement. #millionkids #beaware #protectandprevent #educatetoprotect #stopsextrafficking

There's a huge and horrifying online market in sex exploitation, blackmail, and child sexual abuse. These crimes are often international and well-organised, and profit immensely from systematic abuse that victimises adults and children around the world. Crimes like these are very hard to stop. Offending often stretches across different continents, and such investigations require a massive effort by authorities in many different countries. With the rise in AI-powered 'deepfakes', it is now entirely possible for someone who has never taken a nude photograph in their lives to receive an email one day containing a doctored explicit image of themselves and a demand for payment. It was good to discuss this difficult topic with Sophie Baker of The Sun. You can find her full article here: https://lnkd.in/dU225cde

New findings from the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) reveal a “crisis” in online sexual exploitation — with AI-generated abuse, sextortion, and image-based harm increasing rapidly among teenagers. While initiatives like the IWF’s Image Intercept tool provide essential defence against the spread of illegal imagery, there’s another part of the story: the conversations that happen before the content ever exists. That’s where DRAGON-Spotter comes in. We don’t analyse images or detect CSAM. Instead, we help law enforcement identify concerning language patterns — those subtle indicators of grooming, coercion, or manipulation that can surface long before abuse occurs. All online harm begins with interaction. Understanding the language behind it is how we start to intervene earlier. #DRAGONSpotter #OnlineSafety #ChildProtection #AIForGood #PreventingHarm #LawEnforcementTools #Safeguarding #DigitalSignals #ProjectDRAGON

Google has updated its "Child Sexual Abuse Imagery (CSAI)" policy and renamed to "Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (CSAE)" on October 22, 2025. This update clarifies the policy, ensuring it aligns with industry standards and comprehensively addresses various forms of child abuse and exploitation.