Resources for Member States
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in partnership with the Government of the United Kingdom, convened an expert group meeting in Vienna, June 26–27, 2023. Discussions focused on gaps and limitations with child sexual abuse (CSAM) removal and examining a global approach to preventing the reupload of known CSAM. The Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P) participated in these discussions and, based on analytics from Project Arachnid, offered critical insights into addressing the removal of CSAM and supporting survivors.
Project Arachnid is a world-leading platform targeting global CSAM detection and removal on the clear and dark web. It was deployed by the C3P in 2017, and, to date, has issued approximately 31 million removals. In addition to being active in detection and removal, Project Arachnid is viewed as a source of unique data revealing the global failure to protect survivors/victims from the lasting trauma and personal safety risks associated with the online availability and re-uploading of CSAM, reinforcing the cost of global inaction.
This landing page was created for Member States to consolidate the C3P resources highlighted during the UNODC expert meeting and the corresponding presentation made to Member States on June 28, 2023.
Research
International Survivors’ Survey Results
To better understand the impacts of survivors having their child sexual abuse recorded and/or distributed online, C3P launched this important initiative.
How we are Failing Children: Changing the Paradigm
This framework not only outlines the problems with current responses to the removal of child sexual abuse images online, but also proposes a set of principles for action that prioritizes the best interests and protection of children through clarified roles and a standardized global approach.
Project Arachnid: Online availability of child sexual abuse material
Using data from Project Arachnid, this report provides crucial information about the availability of CSAM online, and recommendations for the development of effective regulatory frameworks for the protection of children.
Parents’ Perspectives on how Child Sexual Abuse Material Impacts the Entire Family
Findings from C3P’s survey of parents of CSAM survivors shed new light on how this crime significantly impacts entire families.
Public Awareness
Unwanted Followers
This chilling video tells the real story of countless victims whose abusive imagery continues to exist online. They have had to live this traumatic reality for decades due to platforms and services on the internet that have been allowed to operate without oversight.
Unwanted Film Festival
unwantedfilmfest.com
85 million films. 195 countries.
Playing online everywhere.
Stand with survivors and demand tech companies stop the upload of known child sexual abuse material.
Lolli: The Exhibit Nobody Wants to Talk About
lollipoptakedown.ca
One exhibit. Three days. Over 1,200 visitors learned not only about the world’s child sexual abuse material problem, a dark subject rarely discussed, but what Canada is doing about it.
Power of Arachnid
The tool to help take down child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is in our hands. We just have to use it. This campaign highlights the importance of Project Arachnid and its work to help remove millions of images and videos of CSAM worldwide.