We are pleased that The New York Times printed an op-ed that our Executive Director, Mary L. Pulido, Ph.D., wrote responding to an article about San Francisco moving to lead the fight against AI deepfake pornography. The lawsuit seeks to shut down the 16 most popular websites used to create deepfake pornographic images that digitally “undress” children and teenagers without their consent. We applaud these leaders' advocacy and encourage more people to join this crucial mission in protecting our children from harmful CSAM. Read the original article and her op-ed below: To the Editor: Re “San Francisco Moves to Lead Fight Against Deepfake Pornography” (news article, Aug. 17): Brava to Yvonne Meré, the chief deputy city attorney in San Francisco, for rallying her co-workers to fight against so-called nudification apps, which enable users to turn ordinary photos into pornography. This is a battle they must win. There is simply too much at stake, and the websites must be taken down. Innocent children and teenagers, whose photos are used by perpetrators to produce nude images, can experience long-lasting psychological and emotional harm. They can develop post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety and fear for their physical safety and often feel shame that the images cannot be stopped. These apps, which are producing child sexual abuse material, contribute to a culture of exploitation. It is upsetting and perplexing that our country has allowed artificial intelligence to progress unabated to the point where it is a weapon harming our children. It is terrifying to imagine what dangers could come next. As the article states about A.I., “The issue of deepfake pornography has highlighted one of its dark sides.” It is a dire situation, and our government must get it under control now. Mary L. Pulido New York The writer is executive director of the World Childhood Foundation USA. https://lnkd.in/dJWqsfGa https://lnkd.in/ekq4nVHd (scroll down) Mary L. Pulido, Ph.D. World Childhood Foundation Charles Mingo Bennström Petra Engström Alexander Janet Purtell O'Connell, MSW, LSW
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We believe in a world where all children are free from violence, sexual abuse and exploitation.
About us
The World Childhood Foundation was founded in 1999 by Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden with the mission to defend the Rights of the Child and to promote better living conditions for vulnerable and exploited children at-risk all over the world. The mission of World Childhood Foundation is to defend the rights of children and to promote better living conditions for vulnerable and exploited children at risk all over the world. By investing in children and their families today, we prevent abuse, neglect, marginalization for years to come. Focus and target group World Childhood Foundation’s work is focused on prevention, intervention, education efforts, and advocacy. The main target groups are child victims of abuse, children living in institutions, street children and families at risk. Strategy Childhood’s strategy is to cooperate with local organizations working with children at risk of abuse. The World Childhood Foundation further act as a link between the investing donors and grass rot projects where the Foundation identifies and evaluates potential projects that are in line with its mission objectives. The evaluation process is followed up by reviews and ongoing monitoring of supported projects in order to ensure expected results and to secure the quality of the project. Childhood is presently supporting over 100 projects in 16 countries including 12 in the USA. ThankYou by Childhood Campaign ThankYou by Childhood is World Childhood Foundation’s global initiative with the goal of building greater awareness around the issue of abuse and exploitation of children and raising funds for Childhood’s projects. Through ThankYou, anyone can engage in making a difference for children by recognizing those who were supportive in their childhood and inspire people to be there for a child today. Dedicate a song to these special people on www.thankyou.org and you will help unlock $5 for Childhood USA.
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Employees at World Childhood Foundation USA
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Annika Sten Pärson
Founding Partner and Executive Chair of The Inner Foundation. Board member & social impact Investor. Business & Non-profit. Mental Health Advocate.
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Irena Nilaj
Manager of Operations
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Kymberlee Valencia
Salesforce Certified
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Mary Pulido
Executive Director at World Childhood Foundation USA
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Artificial Intelligence provides an alarming roadmap for child sexual abuse and exploitation. A step-by-step manual on how to groom children? Check. Tech that digitally manipulates images to make them explicit? Check, check. Platform to create and distribute harmful content? Check, check, check. Our Executive Director, Mary L. Pulido, Ph.D., is one of the nation’s leading child protection experts, and she herself is stunned by how ill-prepared our society is at understanding, let alone handling, these new hazards. As she writes in her latest blog, it is crucial that we build national and international cooperation to halt AI’s march of increasing child sexual abuse and exploitation. We need the tech companies - the heavy hitters including Microsoft, Google, Apple and Meta - to lead the way. Society must reach the tipping point of demanding they stop allowing crimes against children to be committed on their platforms. Legislators must be held accountable for addressing and demanding that action be taken now. Read Dr. Pulido’s blog to learn more about these new risks: https://lnkd.in/epx9keN5 World Childhood Foundation National Center for Missing & Exploited Children PREVENT TOGETHER - The National Coalition to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation Mary L. Pulido, Ph.D. Janet Purtell O'Connell, MSW, LSW #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #CSAM #protectchildrenonline
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World Childhood Foundation USA is thankful that Safe Horizon is working nonstop to protect children from child sexual abuse and exploitation. We are glad to support their work!
We are proud to support Safe Horizon, the nation’s leading victim assistance organization, which has a community-based network response to child sexual abuse and youth homelessness in New York City. Our funding helps support the mental health engagement of youth at Safe Horizon’s Streetwork Uptown Drop-in Center in Harlem. Designed to promote safety, stability, and self-sufficiency, the project provides young people with easy access to a range of critical services in a low-threshold, non-judgmental manner. They work with survivors “to move from crisis to confidence.” Please follow them at Safe Horizon and visit their website at safehorizon.org. Pictured L to R: Courtney Kratz (Director of Foundation and Government Support, Safe Horizon), Janet O’Connell (Director of Programs, Childhood USA), Dr. Mary Pulido (Executive Director, Childhood USA), Danny Stewart (Streetwork Director of Operations and Finance, Safe Horizon), Liz Roberts (CEO, Safe Horizon) Safe Horizon World Childhood Foundation Mary L. Pulido, Ph.D. Liz Roberts Janet Purtell O'Connell, MSW, LSW Courtney Kratz Danny Stewart
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We are proud to support Safe Horizon, the nation’s leading victim assistance organization, which has a community-based network response to child sexual abuse and youth homelessness in New York City. Our funding helps support the mental health engagement of youth at Safe Horizon’s Streetwork Uptown Drop-in Center in Harlem. Designed to promote safety, stability, and self-sufficiency, the project provides young people with easy access to a range of critical services in a low-threshold, non-judgmental manner. They work with survivors “to move from crisis to confidence.” Please follow them at Safe Horizon and visit their website at safehorizon.org. Pictured L to R: Courtney Kratz (Director of Foundation and Government Support, Safe Horizon), Janet O’Connell (Director of Programs, Childhood USA), Dr. Mary Pulido (Executive Director, Childhood USA), Danny Stewart (Streetwork Director of Operations and Finance, Safe Horizon), Liz Roberts (CEO, Safe Horizon) Safe Horizon World Childhood Foundation Mary L. Pulido, Ph.D. Liz Roberts Janet Purtell O'Connell, MSW, LSW Courtney Kratz Danny Stewart
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This week we visited one of our program partners here in New York City, Girls for Gender Equity, to discuss the implementation of their Sisters in Strength Program (SIS). SIS is a survivor-centered program dedicated to healing justice for youth survivors of childhood sexual abuse and their allies. SIS is tailored for cis and trans girls aged 15-19. Thank you for your work and the impact you are making! To learn more, please visit: ggenyc.org Pictured L to R, front row: Kimberly Blair (Senior Director of Policy & Advocacy, GGE), Erika Chambers (Deputy Director of Healing Justice, GGE), Janet O’Connell (Director of Programs, Childhood USA), Peggy-Anne Hupcey (Director of Development, GGE), Dr. Mary Pulido (Executive Director, Childhood USA); back row: Sabrina Philson (Chief of Staff, GGE) and Krystal Folk-Nagua (Senior Director of Programs, GGE) Girls for Gender Equity (GGE) Mary L. Pulido, Ph.D. Janet Purtell O'Connell, MSW, LSW Kimberly Blair, MPH Erika Chambers, LMSW Peggy-Anne Hupcey Sabrina Philson Dr. Krystal Folk-Nagua, DSW
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In our mission to develop solutions to end sexual abuse, exploitation, and violence against children, we provide funding for services for children in need in the United States. Last week we visited one of our program partners, Lantuun Dohio, to discuss the implementation of their Children and Family Wellbeing Program, which aims to eradicate child sexual abuse and exploitation in the Mongolian community in Northern Virginia. To learn more about their efforts, please visit: lantuundohio.org Pictured: Childhood USA’s Director of Programs Janet O’Connell, Lantuun Dohio leadership Nominsuren Munkhuu and Uyanga Batjargal; Otgonbayar Erdenebaatar joined virtually Janet Purtell O'Connell, MSW, LSW Lantuun Dohio Nominsuren Munkhuu Uyanga Batjargal Otgonbayar (Oogii) Erdenebaatar
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"The recent success of Operation We Will Find You 2 in locating and rescuing 200 critically missing children is a testament to the dedication and collaboration of law enforcement and child protection agencies. The World Childhood Foundation USA applauds the efforts of the U.S. Marshals Service and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. It is through initiatives like these that we take significant strides towards protecting the most vulnerable among us. Together, we must continue to prioritize the safety and well-being of our children." - Childhood USA Executive Director Mary L. Pulido, Ph.D. https://lnkd.in/gPjNYz98
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⚠ ATTENTION PARENTS & CAREGIVERS! Are your kids online? Do you know who they are texting or with whom they’re playing games online? Who is behind the keyboard? In her latest blog, Childhood USA’s Executive Director Dr. Mary Pulido provides critical insights into online child sexual predator behavior in order to protect our children. Mary L. Pulido, Ph.D. points to a recent report by Protect Children that was groundbreaking in its research on sexual abuse offenders of children, while offering concrete and actionable suggestions for the tech industry. She explains the different types of child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) and how it is accessed via search engines, social media, online gaming and encrypted messaging apps. Parents, it’s challenging to stay on top of all the ways that you need to protect your children from child sexual abuse, but being informed is key. Find out what you need to know to keep your child safe online: https://lnkd.in/eFUc4-JC Protect Children Thorn INHOPE Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse National Children's Alliance National Conference of State Legislatures Jim Cole #CSAM #onlinesexualabuse #protectourchildren
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We were honored to toast Camilla Mellander a fond farewell for her work as the Consul General of Sweden to New York, hosted by Lena Kaplan, Childhood USA’s board member. Executive Director Dr. Mary Pulido extended her deepest gratitude for Camilla’s unwavering support and dedication: “Your commitment to fostering strong relationships and your tireless efforts to support our initiatives to protect children from child sexual abuse and exploitation have been invaluable. Please know that your contributions have made a significant and lasting impact.” Also in attendance was Monika Heimbold, one of the original co-foundersof Childhood USA and a former board member. World Childhood Foundation was founded by Queen Silvia of Sweden 25 years ago. Tack så mycket Camilla! Mary L. Pulido, Ph.D. lena kaplan Joanna Heimbold World Childhood Foundation
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World Childhood Foundation organized the Stella Polaris Summit, a groundbreaking event on how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used in the fight against child sexual abuse, last week in Stockholm, Sweden. International experts, representatives from large corporations, and selected guests joined for a full-day conference to highlight the crucial role AI can play in protecting children. “The Stella Polaris Summit illustrates Childhood's unique ability to unite different industries and expertise with the common goal of preventing child sexual abuse. It is clear that we need to accelerate the use of technology, work together, and embrace various strategies to ensure children's safety. Harnessing the potential of AI to detect and prevent child sexual abuse is crucial to ultimately safeguarding children,” said HRH Princess Madeleine of Sweden, the Vice Honorary Chair of the World Childhood Foundation, who attended the Stella Polaris Summit. The day consisted of sessions that highlighted ethical and legal challenges, AI-generated abuse material, interdisciplinary research projects, the importance of data, how AI can help navigate and analyze darknet forums, and much more. In addition to Princess Madeleine, Childhood USA's Board Members Charlotte Heuveldop and Lena Kaplan also attended the summit. (pictured; photo credit: Childhood/Jonas Borg) Watch the session on cybersecurity and child safety: https://lnkd.in/ensDKw_m Find out more about how AI can help protect children: https://lnkd.in/ecw4kf8c Charlotte Heuveldop lena kaplan Mary L. Pulido, Ph.D. World Childhood Foundation Stella Polaris - Childhood
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