Topics
The issues KIFOV covers. Each topic collects our published work on it, newest first.
Online sexual exploitation
How children are targeted for sexual abuse through apps, games and websites, how abusive material spreads, and how it is reported and removed.
Grooming and manipulation
How adults build trust with children in order to abuse them, the warning signs, and what helps a child say something.
Sexual extortion
Blackmail using sexual images, often by organised groups, and what a young person can do if it happens to them.
Bullying and harassment
Cruelty between children and harassment by adults, online and off, and what schools, families and platforms can do.
Self-harm and wellbeing
Mental health risks for young people, covered following safe-reporting guidance, always with routes to support.
Platform safety
What social media, messaging, video and gaming services do to protect children, and how well it works.
AI and children
Synthetic images, chatbots and recommendation systems, and the new risks and protections they bring for children.
Gaming
Risks to children in online games and gaming communities, kept distinct from ordinary breaches of game rules.
Privacy and children’s data
How children’s personal data is collected and used, and the laws and design codes meant to protect it.
Help and reporting
Where to turn and how to report, country by country.