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Research carried into regulatory guidance
A December 2024 research report on technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation and abuse, published through Digital Futures for Children, the LSE–5Rights centre. It is a deliverable of the Toolbox measurement project and later appears in Australian eSafety guidance.
The 61-page report is Work Package 3 of the Toolbox project. Six named authors produced it, with independent reviewers acknowledged separately. eSafety’s March 2026 toolkit cites its discussion of movement to encrypted messaging at footnote 26. Footnote 29 appears beside a homomorphic-encryption recommendation, but citation placement alone does not demonstrate that the report validates that technique or originated the toolkit’s full list of encryption recommendations.
Guiding principles for technology-facilitated CSEA (December 2024) → eSafety CSEA Safety by Design toolkit (March2026)
Toolkit labelled v 4 March 2026; exact publication day not established; footnote access30Jan2026
Footnote29 follows the second item only; report/metadata do not identify Security and Safety vol4 as publication. This is citation placement, not verified technical support or authorship of the list.
Guiding principles for technology-facilitated CSEA (December 2024) → eSafety CSEA Safety by Design toolkit (March2026)
Toolkit labelled v 4 March 2026; exact publication day not established; footnote26 access10Jan2025
Report p34 matches toolkit claim about movement to encrypted messaging. This separately supported contextual citation does not establish the homomorphic recommendation.
Michael Salter → Guiding principles for technology-facilitated CSEA (December 2024)
Dated document roles as specified; full effective interval unknown.
DFC December2024 report p5 identifies Michael Salter of Childlight, UNSW among independent reviewers. No review comments or accepted edits recovered.
Mariesa Nicholas → Guiding principles for technology-facilitated CSEA (December 2024)
December2024 report; underlying dates unknown
Acknowledgements p5 identify review participation. No manuscript comments, editorial veto, or toolkit drafting established.
Toolbox for Measuring Online CSEA → Guiding principles for technology-facilitated CSEA (December 2024)
December2024 report; underlying dates unknown
Report p8 explicitly locates this report in the Toolbox project, alongside measurement/data work packages.
Sonia Livingstone → Guiding principles for technology-facilitated CSEA (December 2024)
December2024 report; underlying dates unknown
Report cover names Sonia Livingstone; individual paragraph authorship not allocated.
Anri van der Spuy → Guiding principles for technology-facilitated CSEA (December 2024)
December2024 report; underlying dates unknown
Report cover names Anri van der Spuy; individual paragraph authorship not allocated.
Kim R. Sylwander → Guiding principles for technology-facilitated CSEA (December 2024)
December2024 report; underlying dates unknown
Report cover names Kim R. Sylwander; individual paragraph authorship not allocated.
Encryption-guidance origins: funding, review access and the missing wording record ↗
SaferAI policy output: what was proposed, and where it was used ↗
Toolbox for Measuring Online CSEA → includes as work package3 deliverable → Guiding principles for technology-facilitated CSEA (December 2024)
December2024 report; underlying dates unknown
Report p8 explicitly locates this report in the Toolbox project, alongside measurement/data work packages.
Digital Futures for Children centre → publishes → Guiding principles for technology-facilitated CSEA (December 2024)
December2024 cover; 5Rights notice4Dec2024; LSE deposited3Dec2024
Report p61 self-citation and LSE record identify DFC/LSE/5Rights publication.
Anri van der Spuy → is named author of → Guiding principles for technology-facilitated CSEA (December 2024)
December2024 report; underlying dates unknown
Report cover names Anri van der Spuy; individual paragraph authorship not allocated.
Sabine Witting → is named author of → Guiding principles for technology-facilitated CSEA (December 2024)
December2024 report; underlying dates unknown
Report cover names Sabine Witting; individual paragraph authorship not allocated.
Patrick Burton → is named author of → Guiding principles for technology-facilitated CSEA (December 2024)
December2024 report; underlying dates unknown
Report cover names Patrick Burton; individual paragraph authorship not allocated.
Emma Day → is named author of → Guiding principles for technology-facilitated CSEA (December 2024)
December2024 report; underlying dates unknown
Report cover names Emma Day; individual paragraph authorship not allocated.
Sonia Livingstone → is named author of → Guiding principles for technology-facilitated CSEA (December 2024)
December2024 report; underlying dates unknown
Report cover names Sonia Livingstone; individual paragraph authorship not allocated.
Kim R. Sylwander → is named author of → Guiding principles for technology-facilitated CSEA (December 2024)
December2024 report; underlying dates unknown
Report cover names Kim R. Sylwander; individual paragraph authorship not allocated.
Mariesa Nicholas → is named independent peer reviewer of → Guiding principles for technology-facilitated CSEA (December 2024)
December2024 report; underlying dates unknown
Acknowledgements p5 identify review participation. No manuscript comments, editorial veto, or toolkit drafting established.
Guiding principles for technology-facilitated CSEA (December 2024) → is linked by footnote29 beside homomorphic-encryption guidance in → eSafety CSEA Safety by Design toolkit (March2026)
Toolkit labelled v 4 March 2026; exact publication day not established; footnote access30Jan2026
Footnote29 follows the second item only; report/metadata do not identify Security and Safety vol4 as publication. This is citation placement, not verified technical support or authorship of the list.
Guiding principles for technology-facilitated CSEA (December 2024) → is cited at footnote26 for platform-hopping context in → eSafety CSEA Safety by Design toolkit (March2026)
Toolkit labelled v 4 March 2026; exact publication day not established; footnote26 access10Jan2025
Report p34 matches toolkit claim about movement to encrypted messaging. This separately supported contextual citation does not establish the homomorphic recommendation.
Michael Salter → is named independent peer reviewer of → Guiding principles for technology-facilitated CSEA (December 2024)
Dated document roles as specified; full effective interval unknown.
DFC December2024 report p5 identifies Michael Salter of Childlight, UNSW among independent reviewers. No review comments or accepted edits recovered.