Global Threat Assessment 2025: Preventing Technology-Facilitated Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
Biennial multi-stakeholder threat assessment of online child sexual exploitation and abuse (2023-2025), synthesising prevalence and trend data and framing generative AI, AI chatbots, and deepfakes as scaling the threat. Pairs the assessment with a prevention framework.
Publisher
WeProtect Global Alliance (with Columbia University)
Published
11 Dec 2025
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Key Findings
- Safeguards are being outpaced by technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation and abuse
- 1 in 17 adolescents report being victims of deepfake imagery (citing Thorn 2025)
- Identifies generative AI, AI chatbots, and deepfakes as key emerging vectors
Methodology Notes
NGO landscape/threat-assessment report (launched 11 December 2025), produced with Columbia University. Largely a synthesis of primary sources (e.g., Thorn) plus alliance data rather than originating conversational-AI data.
Sources
WeProtect Global Threat Assessment 2025 (primary)
Archived snapshot (Wayback Machine) — preserved against link rot
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APA
WeProtect Global Alliance (with Columbia University) (2025). Global Threat Assessment 2025: Preventing Technology-Facilitated Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. WeProtect Global Alliance (with Columbia University). https://www.weprotect.org/global-threat-assessment-25/
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