Michael Salter
@mike_salter
Professor of Criminology | Director of the @Childlight_ East Asia and Pacific Hub @UNSW | Chair - http://thegracetamefoundation.org.au
Our paper on shame sensitive practice for women seeking care for complex trauma now out in the British Journal of Social Work - free to read! No paywall academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance-a…
“If you believe that requiring consent prior to AI use would only benefit Disney, I ask that you rethink your views & listen to the chorus of artists who have led this fight over the past few years. Please don’t ignore their voices while thinking you’re helping them.”
In a new blog, Neil Turkewitz asks the question, “Who gains, and who loses, when we allow #AI models to be trained on creative works without consent?” Read more here: bit.ly/3TW4UPS
From today, commercial pornography sites in the UK must ensure under-18s are blocked from accessing their content. We welcome this safeguarding milestone but implementation matters. We’ll be watching closely. bbc.co.uk/news/resources… #OnlineSafetyAct #ChildProtection
At the pre-conference symposium for the World Congress on Family Law and Children’s Rights at the Australian High Commission in London
I’m supervising Nicolette Bell’s honours project on sexual wellbeing amongst Australian women who have survived child sexual abuse. If you are a woman, in Australia, who has experienced CSA, please consider filling out this 15 minute survey: unsw.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8C…
The lack of data gathering, transparency or oversight in the childcare sector is stunning. An obvious case for a national childcare commission. Trying to find data on CSA cases in Australian daycare is a joke. smh.com.au/national/victo…
Steam has since kicked most of the games off its platform, after updating its terms and conditions to prohibit the publication of ‘content that may violate the rules and standards set forth by Steam’s payment processors and related card networks and banks, or internet network…
In a victory for child safety campaigners, Steam banned the ‘games’ after Australian-based Collective Shout accused the payment platforms Visa, PayPal and Mastercard of profiting from violent pornography…2/
Impressive advocacy from @MelTankardReist and @CollectiveShout who successfully campaigned for @Steam to remove games depicting sexual violence
‘Hundreds of sexually violent online games that let players role-play rape, incest and the torture of women and children have been suddenly removed from the global gaming platform Steam 1/
“I’ve observed how easily offenders move between employers, avoiding accountability. In some cases, I’ve dealt with the same individual being terminated by two different employers.” smh.com.au/national/my-jo…
Another alleged childcare sexual exploitation case detected via online police investigation, not through existing safeguarding efforts smh.com.au/national/nsw/s…
🚨 300 million children. Every year. The scale of tech-facilitated child sexual exploitation & abuse is staggering — but not inevitable. Childlight believes a prevention-first, public health approach can drive lasting change. 🌍🛡️ 📊 Read the global data: bit.ly/4nCkihV
Young people who engage in sexually harmful behaviour and receive specialist forensic treatment are up to 90% less likely to sexually reoffend, compared with similar peers who did not receive treatment.
theconversation.com/some-young-peo…
"We need a much bigger conversation, including about the online sites that are driving this sort of behaviour and creating men like that." Kathleen Maltzahn speaks to @7NewsMelbourne:
A second man has been charged as police widen their investigation into child sexual abuse at a Melbourne daycare centre. The new suspect is an associate of Joshua Brown, who is facing 70 charges. Sexual Assault Services Victoria CEO Kathleen Maltzahn joins Karina Carvalho. #7NEWS