Fifty-nine child protection organisations and experts sign open letter to Zuckerberg 

We are pleased to have joined a global coalition of child protection experts and organisations in signing an open letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg calling on the tech giant to improve child safety on its platforms.

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National Child Protection Week is an opportune time to face the ways our children are at risk on-line with dangers exacerbated during COVID-19 lockdowns

By Melinda Tankard Reist

Calling out sexualisation and sexual exploitation of children

September 5-11 is National Child Protection Week. The theme is 'Every child, in every community, needs a fair go'.

Read on to learn more about what we're doing to combat sexual abuse and exploitation of children, and to give children a 'fair go'.

We’ve had another #WakeUpInstagram campaign win, with Instagram announcing the following new measures to help protect young people from predators:

We were pleased to make a submission to the European Commission's public consultation on Child sexual abuse online - detection, removal and reporting.

Why we’re saying NO to 'Insta for Kids'

*Content warning

Why Facebook must abandon plans for 'Instagram for kids'

Collective Shout with James Evans*

**Content warning**

How would you feel if you found out your neighbour had 10,000 images of underage girls wearing bikinis on his hard drive? What if I told you that Instagram hosts collections just like this, serving no other purpose than the sexual entertainment of men?

We've had another major #WakeUpInstagram win, with Instagram's rollout of new tools to help protect underage users from predators on the platform including:

Update: UN adopts General Comment on children's online rights (February 11, 2021)

The United Nations now recognises that children’s rights extend to the online realm. These rights - and the responsibilities they invoke on world governments and corporates regarding issues such as children’s online safety - are outlined in the Committee on the Rights of the Child's General Comment 25.