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Searchlight 2025

The sexual exploitation and abuse of children is a global health crisis — one that governments and institutions around the world are increasingly recognising and addressing. Scroll down for the Searchlight 2025 report and individual studies.

Searchlight 2025 Companion Report

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Legal challenges in tackling AI-generated child sexual abuse material across the UK, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand: Who is accountable according to the law?

2025 · Searchlight

Existing laws provide good grounds for accountability, but still have notable gaps. These gaps need to be addressed in order to fully provide the protections and accountability needed to keep children safe in view of the advent of AI. Significant legal reforms are underway in all jurisdictions examined.

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Childlight Research Integrity, Quality and Licensing

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Research Quality and Integrity Policy V1 0 | Searchlight 2025 Quality Assurance Statement

All Searchlight 2025 studies are published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. This means the content may be shared and adapted for any purpose – including commercial use – provided appropriate credit is given to the original authors and source.

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