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A child sexual abuse investigator might face upwards of 30,000 cases in a year. With each of those cases potentially involving thousands of electronic files, identifying abusive…

Bitcoin's first close above its 50-week average in 45 weeks has Alex Thorn calling the low. A look at the last four times it happened.

Protecting children in the digital age is an ongoing effort. In the first half of 2026, Thorn and our partners made meaningful progress. Together, we expanded child safety techno…

AI chatbots and kids are becoming more connected. A Thorn researcher explains why children seek AI advice and what parents can do to keep them safe.

Technology changes quickly, and young people typically experience these changes first. Each year, Thorn's Youth Perspectives survey helps us understand how young people navigate…

A new survey of young people highlights how they use AI chatbots and their experience with deepfakes.

Today, the scale of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online is staggering. In 2025 alone, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) received over 21 million…

/PRNewswire/ -- Thorn, a nonprofit with a mission to transform how children are protected from sexual abuse and exploitation in the digital age, today...

Don't look away. The conversation starts here. As part of Internet Safety Month, we are encouraging more people to engage in conversations about child safety in the digital age.…

April 3, 2026 update: The legal exemption has expired, leaving a crucial child safety gap in Europe. To find out more about what this means for platform safety, please visit our…

IRVINE, Calif., April 02, 2026--Veritone, Inc. (NASDAQ: VERI), a leader in building enterprise AI and data solutions, today announced the integration of Thorn Detect - a child se…

There's now a child safety gap in Europe. Here's what that means. On April 3, 2026, the legal basis that allowed platforms to detect child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in Europe…

On April 3, 2026, the legal basis allowing platforms to detect child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in Europe will expire. Without it, online service providers across the EU can no…

At Thorn, two of our core mission pillars are building innovative technology and platform safety. Key to these outcomes is our child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and exploitation…

Since its founding, VSCO has believed in proactively protecting the wellbeing of its global community of 300+ million registered users, who upload photos and videos to its platfo…

When Elon Musk took over Twitter in 2022, he said that addressing the problem of child sexual abuse material on the platform was his

Explore new insights on youth experiences online where sexual interactions are commodified and exploitation is harder to recognize.

Richard Chamberlain, star of TV's 'Dr. Kildare,

N8iv Beauty founder Ruth-Ann Thorn talks about the inspiration for her beauty brand and how she incorporates Indigenous teachings into the products.

With its own army funded by drug trade profits, Wa State is a law unto itself, as Patrick Winn reports in his new book, Narcotopia