Bracket Foundation

I had the privilege this week of speaking at the #FocusOnTheFuture WeProtect Global Alliance Summit 2024 in Abu Dhabi. Thank you to Iain Drennan, Dana Humaid Al Marzooqi, the WeProtect Board (and its founder Joanna Shields) as well as the Ministry of Interior UAE for ensuring that the topic of online child safety is featured so prominently on the international agenda. It was truly inspiring sharing the stage with remarkable partners Denton Howard, CDir from INHOPE, Sean Litton from Tech Coalition, Chelsea Carlson from OpenAI and Fallon McNulty from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children committed to making the internet safer for children and ending online child sexual exploitation. Our panel explored how to best tackle the alarming rise of GenAI CSAM, a topic we recently examined in Bracket Foundation’s third flagship report. Indeed Generative AI is increasing the risks to children online, especially through capabilities that allow for the production of AI-generated CSAM; this new variable is deepening the crisis for law enforcement agencies that are already crippled under insurmountable amount of “traditional” CSAM reports. Solutions do exist but a multi-stakeholder approach between tech platforms, AI industry experts, governments, regulators, legislators and civil society is needed now more than ever to avoid unleashing new unabated harms on the internet at the expense of the most vulnerable in society, our children.

Global problems need global solutions and the WeProtect Global Alliance this week in Abu Dhabi in UAE 🇦🇪 brought together 600 world leaders in the protection of children online to address the threat of AI generated CSAM. As a Board member of the WeProtect Global Alliance and Executive Director of INHOPE I had the pleasure of moderating a discussion with an amazing panel of experts on ‘Tackling the rise of AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material’. I want thank my expert panelists’ Fallon McNulty from National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Chelsea Carlson from OpenAI, Sean Litton from the Tech Coalition and Yalda Aoukar from the Bracket Foundation for sharing their insights. I also want to acknowledge the Dana Humaid Al Marzooqi and all of the UAE 🇦🇪 Ministry of Interior for their support and amazing hospitality. #inhope #weprotect #hotline #csam

🌍 This week, our CEO Sean Litton has been at the WeProtect Global Alliance Summit in Abu Dhabi. He joined leaders from governments, civil society, and safety technology to #FocusOnTheFuture of child safety online. We were honored to participate in two critical discussions: ➡️ Building the Case for Prevention Sean joined Marija Manojlovic (Safe Online), Deborah Denis (Lucy Faithfull Foundation), Aengus Ó Dochartaigh (MOORE | Preventing Child Sexual Abuse) and Nicolas Makharashvili (Safe Futures Hub) to share how the tech industry is driving innovative, proactive approaches to combat online child sexual exploitation and abuse. ➡️ Tackling the Rise of AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material In this breakout session, Sean spoke alongside our member Chelsea Carlson from OpenAI, Denton Howard, CDir (INHOPE), Yalda Aoukar (Bracket Foundation), and Fallon McNulty (National Center for Missing & Exploited Children) on how technology is addressing this rapidly evolving challenge. The Summit reinforced the power of collaboration in building a safer digital world for children. We’re proud to work with stakeholders from across sectors, committed to tackling OCSEA through innovation, partnerships, and collective action. #WeProtectSummit #FocusOnTheFuture #ChildSafety #TechCoalition

Bracket Foundation is partnering again with UNICRI - United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute and Value for Good GmbH on a new study to research how generative AI is impacting the production, distribution and monetization of CSAM. Friends in law enforcement, please take 5 mins to fill out this survey: https://lnkd.in/dWuPSFhC Thank you Maria Eira for shedding light on this topic at a time when GenAi is upending industries and should be leveraged as a medium to protect children not create further harm.