CSAM

New RAINN/YouGov Survey Finds 82% of Parents and Caregivers Believe Big Tech Should Do More on Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Online

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Tuesday, April 18, 2023
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Survey Also Reveals Nearly 3 in 4 Parents See CSAM as a Serious Problem

Key Points: 
  • "We hear parents loud and clear: we need to work harder to stop online child sexual abuse," said Scott Berkowitz , RAINN president and founder.
  • "Parents are demanding more action from tech and social media companies, law enforcement, educators, and policymakers.
  • More than 8 in 10 parents and caregivers surveyed felt at least fairly confident that they could protect their children from exploitation.
  • The most serious cases are not necessarily the ones being investigated due to a lack of well-defined criteria for prioritization.

Highlights - Complementary Impact Assessment on CSAM proposal - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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Tuesday, April 18, 2023
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Complementary Impact Assessment on CSAM proposal

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Complementary Impact Assessment on CSAM proposal
14-04-2023 - 10:31
On 11 May 2022, the Commission adopted a proposal for a Regulation laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse online, aiming at establish a permanent legal framework in the field. External experts presented the outcomes of an EP complementary Impact Assessment at the LIBE meeting of 13 April.

US Cybersecurity Firm Redbot Security Unmasks Malicious Insider Behind Internet Attacks

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Tuesday, April 11, 2023
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DENVER, April 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Redbot Security, an industry-leading penetration testing company, announced on Tuesday that it has identified a potential perpetrator and is actively working, using legal processes, to uncover the identities of other malicious attackers behind a concerted internet smear campaign, designed to falsely disparage and defame the company.

Key Points: 
  • The IP address of a former employee turned competitor has been linked to a sustained and vicious internet defamation and disparagement campaign against top cybersecurity company Redbot Security.
  • Through the efforts of Internet Defamation & Content Removal Attorney Ali Arko of KJK law firm, Redbot Security has obtained data linking at least some of the attacks to the IP address of a former Redbot Security employee who currently operates a competing business.
  • In response to these egregious attacks, Redbot Security filed a "John Doe" lawsuit in the District Court of Denver County against the anonymous individuals responsible.
  • Redbot Security has amended the complaint to name the former employee and his company as defendants.

Cellebrite Announces Enhanced Solution Capabilities for Digital Investigations

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Cloud, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Cellebrite, Lake Jackson, Intelligence, NCMEC, CSAM, Person, Government, International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children, Digital intelligence, Trust, Investment, Child, Pathfinder, FISMA, AWS, DI, Software, Private investigator

PETAH TIKVA, Israel and TYSONS CORNER, Va., March 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cellebrite DI Ltd. (Nasdaq: CLBT), a leading global provider of Digital Intelligence (DI) solutions, announced today the global launch of Pathfinder X , an elevated suite of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled capabilities for a wide variety of digital data from various sources designed to provide enhanced connectivity capabilities and valuable insights to agencies and teams working through complex investigations.

Key Points: 
  • PETAH TIKVA, Israel and TYSONS CORNER, Va., March 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cellebrite DI Ltd. (Nasdaq: CLBT), a leading global provider of Digital Intelligence (DI) solutions, announced today the global launch of Pathfinder X , an elevated suite of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled capabilities for a wide variety of digital data from various sources designed to provide enhanced connectivity capabilities and valuable insights to agencies and teams working through complex investigations.
  • A new user management system with audit trails and group assignments to ensure enhanced security and compliance with government and Federal security requirements, including FISMA.
  • Pathfinder’s enhanced capabilities have already been deployed on several investigations including one pending case involving the Lake Jackson Police Department.
  • For more information about Cellebrite Pathfinder X, please visit here .

Yubo joins forces with NCMEC to combat the spread of sexually inappropriate photos and videos of minors online

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Monday, February 27, 2023
Generation Z, Safety, Boomerang, CSAM, Internet, Partnership, Privacy, United Kingdom, Take You Down, Child, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, NCMEC, Minor, International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children, Birth control, Cryptocurrency, Publishing, Yubo

Since 2018, Yubo has worked closely alongside NCMEC, the leading nonprofit dedicated to finding missing children, reducing child sexual exploitation, in an ongoing partnership to eradicate online child exploitation.

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  • Since 2018, Yubo has worked closely alongside NCMEC, the leading nonprofit dedicated to finding missing children, reducing child sexual exploitation, in an ongoing partnership to eradicate online child exploitation.
  • With the launch of Take It Down, Yubo continues its collaboration with NCMEC to block the non-consensual use of sexually exploitative photos and videos depicting anyone under the age of 18.
  • Through this partnership with NCMEC, Yubo will scan its platform to help remove, and, when necessary, report any images or videos found on Yubo that have been submitted via the service.
  • Images and videos remain on the minor's device and are never actually uploaded to or seen by NCMEC or its Take It Down service.

Yubo joins forces with NCMEC to combat the spread of sexually inappropriate photos and videos of minors online

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Monday, February 27, 2023
Generation Z, Safety, Boomerang, CSAM, Internet, Partnership, Privacy, United Kingdom, Take You Down, Child, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, NCMEC, Minor, International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children, Birth control, Cryptocurrency, Publishing, Yubo

Since 2018, Yubo has worked closely alongside NCMEC, the leading nonprofit dedicated to finding missing children, reducing child sexual exploitation, in an ongoing partnership to eradicate online child exploitation.

Key Points: 
  • Since 2018, Yubo has worked closely alongside NCMEC, the leading nonprofit dedicated to finding missing children, reducing child sexual exploitation, in an ongoing partnership to eradicate online child exploitation.
  • With the launch of Take It Down, Yubo continues its collaboration with NCMEC to block the non-consensual use of sexually exploitative photos and videos depicting anyone under the age of 18.
  • Through this partnership with NCMEC, Yubo will scan its platform to help remove, and, when necessary, report any images or videos found on Yubo that have been submitted via the service.
  • Images and videos remain on the minor's device and are never actually uploaded to or seen by NCMEC or its Take It Down service.

Marriott International Joins the Internet Watch Foundation; Deploys Cisco Technology to Combat Online Child Sexual Abuse Material

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Wednesday, February 22, 2023
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BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Marriott International announced today it has joined forces with UK-based nonprofit Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) to combat online child exploitation by using technology solutions to restrict guest network access to websites with child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) in its hotels. The collaboration will be the first of its kind for the hotel industry and marks the next step in Marriott's commitment to address a critical human rights issue for the industry. Marriott recently marked a significant milestone in its anti-trafficking efforts, training one million associates at Marriott hotels to recognize and respond to signs of human trafficking.

Key Points: 
  • BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Marriott International announced today it has joined forces with UK-based nonprofit Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) to combat online child exploitation by using technology solutions to restrict guest network access to websites with child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) in its hotels.
  • Marriott recently marked a significant milestone in its anti-trafficking efforts, training one million associates at Marriott hotels to recognize and respond to signs of human trafficking.
  • As part of this initiative with the IWF, Marriott is working with Cisco to implement its security technology to block access to CSAM-containing webpages on the IWF's blocked URL list.
  • "In 2022 the IWF identified and removed more than 255,000 webpages containing child sexual abuse imagery.

LSTA Elects New Board Members

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Friday, January 27, 2023
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The Loan Syndications and Trading Association (“LSTA”), the trade association for the corporate loan market in the United States, today announced the election of five new members to its Board of Directors, for two-year terms.

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  • The Loan Syndications and Trading Association (“LSTA”), the trade association for the corporate loan market in the United States, today announced the election of five new members to its Board of Directors, for two-year terms.
  • Re-elected Co-Chairs of the Board for the 2023 term are:
    Other elected members of the executive committee of the Board are:
    Vice Chair and Secretary Scott Baskind, Invesco
    Vice Chairs and members at large: Rachel Russell, Morgan Stanley
    “The contributions of LSTA Board members play a vital role in fulfilling our mission of a fair, orderly, and efficient corporate loan market,” said Lee Shaiman, executive director of the LSTA.
  • “Board members’ time and expertise are critically important to the evolution and growth of the market.
  • And on behalf of myself and the senior staff at the LSTA I also want to thank our outgoing board members, whose service has been exemplary.”
    Departing Board members whose terms have ended are Judith Fishlow Minter, RBC; Jeff Bakalar, Voya; Andrew Sveen, Eaton Vance; John Popp, CSAM; and Alex Spiro, PNC.

ActiveFence Annual State of Trust & Safety Report Reveals Pressing Threats Facing Online Organizations

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Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Online, Minor, DSA, Propaganda, Publication, World cup, Traditionalist Worker Party, COVID-19, Working class, Digital Services Act, CSAM, Child, Prisoner, FBI, Jair Bolsonaro, Party, Regeneration, Uttar, Prevalence, Social media, Video game, Drug, ISIS

NEW YORK, Feb. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ActiveFence, whose mission is to protect online platforms and their users from malicious behavior and content, today released its State of Trust & Safety 2023 report, which reveals new patterns in threat actor behaviors, tactics, and techniques. The report contains an analytically comprehensive evaluation of the top threats contributing to online harm – from disinformation campaigns and child predator networks, to human exploitation operations and online terrorist organizations – with the goal of reducing the prevalence of these dangerous activities to improve the digital safety of billions of global users.

Key Points: 
  • "Empowering platforms to identify and remove harmful and misleading content is one of today's most complex, nuanced challenges," said Noam Schwartz, CEO and co-founder of ActiveFence.
  • ActiveFence observed an operation that distributed false and misleading anti-Muslim conspiracy theories ahead of the Uttar Pradesh-based state legislative assembly in India in March 2022.
  • More recently, ActiveFence spent more than seven months monitoring online activity in Brazil leading up to and following the presidential election.
  • ActiveFence detected an extensive ISIS-supportive terrorist promotional network of 465 audio and video files reaching 418 publications in 11 languages.

Grayshift Introduces Powerful New Capabilities and Exclusive Mobile Device Support in ArtifactIQ, the First Cloud-Native Mobile Device Forensic Analysis Solution

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Wednesday, February 8, 2023
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ATLANTA, Feb. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Grayshift, LLC, a leading and trusted provider of mobile digital forensics solutions, today announced powerful new capabilities in its cloud-native forensic analysis solution ArtifactIQ, formerly known as Reveal by Grayshift.

Key Points: 
  • ATLANTA, Feb. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Grayshift, LLC, a leading and trusted provider of mobile digital forensics solutions, today announced powerful new capabilities in its cloud-native forensic analysis solution ArtifactIQ, formerly known as Reveal by Grayshift.
  • ArtifactIQ by Grayshift is the first cloud-native multi-tenant analytics solution for digital forensic investigations.
  • Every month Grayshift hosts Innovation Week, which introduces new capabilities that further accelerate and streamline the digital forensic investigation process.
  • For more information about cloud-native mobile forensic analytics with ArtifactIQ by Grayshift or apply for a free trial, visit https://www.grayshift.com/artifactiq/ .