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This session marks the formal launch of the ECHO Survivor Hub - a new, groundbreaking initiative transforming the response to survivors of CSA whose images have been shared online. ECHO Survivor Hub will actively search for and remove survivors' imagery from circulation, support law enforcement to engage with survivors, amplify survivors’ voices in criminal proceedings, increase survivors' awareness of compensation options, and offer access to dedicated peer support digital resources. The project will launch in the UK, with an ambition to go globally.

Shaping Safer Futures - Brianna's Legacy

The negative experiences that Brianna had online and how this impacted her life. What our organisation is doing to combat these issues.

Jools’ Law: A Mother’s Fight for Truth and Safer Digital Childhoods

After losing her son, Ellen uncovered critical gaps in how online data is accessed following a child’s death. She shares her journey, the reality of digital harms, and why urgent legislative change is needed to protect children and support families seeking answers.

*Please note there no media recording of this session permitted, media will be advised what is for publication during the session

This presentation will outline the clinical harms witnessed by healthcare workers from online content and social media use, using case studies and evidence based research. In addition it will give guidance on how to spot warning signs of harmful online use.

Glen Pounder will outline an approach to preventing online harms by equipping parents and young people with clear, practical information. The session will explore how youth‑serving organizations, working in partnership with families, communities, and allied organizations, can address online risk early while reducing fear and stigma around digital safety.

This session shares insights from “Behind Our Screens,” a campaign focused on young people’s experiences of online harm. It focuses on the need to listen to young people’s voices to better understand what’s happening in their digital lives and the challenges they face. Through insights from the campaign, we will explore how we need to evolve and strengthen our safeguarding responses to online harm.

Deterrence messaging is vital for disrupting offender pathways. This session covers clear web work by Lucy Faithfull Foundation's Project Intercept and deterrence messaging on the dark web by Protect Children. We examine how targeted interventions across digital environments effectively steer individuals away from harmful behaviours and towards support services.

This session will discuss a recent case study which identified a worrying new model of commercialisation of CSA, which then fed into more niche Online Sadistic Exploitation Groups. The speaker will discuss the issues this raised for policing and the difficulties, in both suspect and victim rehabilitation, along with the worrying normalisation of self-generated child sexual abuse material which stemmed from this.

*Session closed to LEA only*

The Essex police media and communications team and POLIT have achieved a first for policing, by working with BT and EE to create a pioneering digital safeguarding campaign which features in EE stores, schools, and in the online space across the country. This workshop will discuss what is now widely recognised as one of the UK’s most forward-thinking prevention initiatives. It will explore how the partnership moved safety campaigning beyond traditional messaging and enforcement activity and used accessible and captivating digital methods to demonstrate the importance of early intervention, education and confidence building. This in turn is empowering children, families and professionals to recognise risk, make informed decisions and act before harm occurs.

Traditional CSAM datasets capture scale but lack insight into the pathways critical for prevention. This session introduces novel behavioural data offering an unfiltered view of offending. By moving beyond self-reports and arrest statistics, we explore how novel datasets can transform our understanding and proactively inform future prevention efforts.

*Session closed to LEA only*

This session presents findings from an anonymous self-report survey of over 20,000 adults seeking child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online, offering rare insight into perpetrator behaviour. The research responds to an evidence gap on how perpetrators navigate the online ecosystem, in particular the technologies, platforms, and features that shape behaviour.

Neurodivergence is increasingly recognised, yet its role in online harms remains underexplored. This presentation examines its growing presence in cases of radicalisation and exploitation online, and why it is often overlooked. It offers practical, evidence-informed insights to help police, teachers, and social workers better recognise risk and strengthen safeguarding responses.

Last year, Sean talked about the dark side of the creator economy. This year he will bring us up to date on how 200 million creators online and generative AI are reshaping the media industry. It is a somewhat-scary and unknown environment, but opportunities abound for those who move fast and try things. 

Dr Kelly Leahy will then walk the audience through her research and a step-by-step process to break-through the noise in a world of media abundance. Impact and real change come from changing the conversation. She will lean on her background in children's television and demonstrate how that works and how it can work today.

Sean will close the session with a way to think and act in this new media landscape: we need to raise the profile and urgency of online child abuse. Taking lessons from Kelly's process, the answer is a multi-audience, multi-platform set of shows that raise the conversation. This is the most powerful force in the splintered, pervasive and super-niche media world of the creator economy.

Where are the boys? Despite evidence of harm, boys remain less visible in online sexual abuse imagery. This session examines whether this reflects reality or systemic blind spots in detection and reporting, inviting audience insight to challenge assumptions and help define a future research agenda

Families caring for survivors of child sexual abuse face immense barriers, from systemic failures to pervasive stigma and shame. This trauma ripples through generations, leaving families unsupported for decades. Embrace CVoC are helping to lead the fight for change, challenging these failures and building the foundation for change.