A 2012 Thorn survey of child sex-trafficking survivors found that 75 percent had been sold online, most of them through escort websites. As Thorn started work on a tool that could help investigators identify children being exploited, more than 150,000 new escort ads were being posted online every day in the United States. Thorn builds technology to defend children from sexual abuse. We work with the sharpest minds from tech, non-profit, government and law enforcement to stop the spread of child sexual abuse material, stand up to child traffickers and uncover new kinds of abuse . A GuideStar Pro report containing the following information is available for this organization: This information is only available for subscribers and in Premium reports. Abused children are identified and removed from harm and their abusers are held accountable. AWS support for Internet Explorer ends on 07/31/2022. about GuideStar Pro. endobj
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Spotlight is the #1 investigative tool I have utilized to find child victims and arrest their traffickers in countless cases. We recently asked human trafficking investigators and prosecutors how Spotlight has impacted their investigations within the last 12 months here are a few highlights: It is the Google Search for combating human sex trafficking. The organization's co-leader identifies as: Already have a GuideStar Account? My background in law enforcement and anti-human trafficking was well suited for the needs of Spotlight when I first joined the team. | Photos Copyright Kay Chernush, ArtWorks for Freedom. Lucas Moore is a writer in Los Angeles. endobj
COVID-19 fraud schemes have been a top concern for IRS CI and other . Since 2016 alone, Spotlight has helped officers in the United States and Canada open more than 21,000 trafficking cases and identify about 18,000 victims, including more than 6,000 children. "Abusers had figured out how to use advanced technology to facilitate their exploitation of children," says Sarah Potts, the head of marketing and communications for Thorn, the California-based nonprofit that created Spotlight. Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? The Law Enforcement Family. How can people reading this help Thorn fight against child sex trafficking? The National Policing Institute, formerly known as the National Police Foundation, is an independent non-profit, non-partisan institution based in Arlington, Virginia that has been dedicated to advancing policing through innovation and science for over half a century, and works to translate those findings to practice through technical assistance, training, and dissemination. Spotlight is used by more than 6,000 law enforcement officers in all 50 To find children faster, they have created two online tools, Spotlight and Solis, for law enforcement agencies across the world, for free. Both products had been around longer than Spotlight and had a few hundred more users than us at the time. Similarly, The Tote Project, sells their bags, which helps them pay expenses. Forgot your username or password? My background in law enforcement and anti-human trafficking was well suited for the needs of Spotlight when I first joined the team. Thorn's Spotlight tool helps law enforcement more quickly identify sex trafficking victims who are advertised online. Additionally, through my stakeholder analysis, I focused on Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) - a leading law enforcement education center - and the DOJ (both of whom I know, because I currently consult for them on human trafficking). Thorn has created a program called Spotlight. endstream
Nothing makes my job more rewarding when a victim says "thank you" and tells me about her rebuilt life. $120 $180 $300 Other Other. Spotlight is a web tool used by law enforcement agencies to more efficiently search the internet for victim and trafficker information. This project was supported by Grant No. Spotlight takes this massive amount of data and turns it into an asset for law enforcement. According to our most recent survey, it is helping find more human trafficking victims, faster. Stay up to date with our daily newsletter, testified before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee, evolved from surveys completed by victims of trafficking, Ashton Kutcher Blew A Kiss To John McCain. We believe that every child has the right to be safe, to be curious, to be happy. Spotlight is a web tool used by law enforcement agencies to more efficiently search the internet for victim and trafficker information. Please continue to fund this very important resource; it saves lives. is the CEO of Thorn and has helped grow the organization from inception in 2012. Sign In. Our brand NoFiltr reaches youth directly with prevention and support messaging to help them better recognize online grooming. Its a neuralnet, it gets smarter over time, it gets better and it gets more efficient as people use it. He likes Neo-noir films, running and cycling, classic American novels, small venue music shows, and burritos. endobj
GuideStar partnered on this section with CHANGE Philanthropy and Equity in the Center. I agree to the terms of use, privacy policy and agree to receive promotional emails, reminders and updates from Thorn Learn more about Amazon EC2 C5 Instances. My goal was to not only design a workshop that increased adoption but to build a tool that added value for current users through an intuitive user experience and user interface - which would then translate to more victims identified in a shorter amount of time. Learn more We work with the sharpest minds from tech, non-profit, government and law enforcement to stop the spread of child sexual abuse material, stand up to child traffickers and uncover new kinds of abuse. Our work has three pillars and one guiding vision. She previously served as the VP of Marketing/Communications of (RED), where she helped establish the brand as one of the most successful cause marketing initiatives in history, delivering more than $160 million to fight HIV/AIDS across Africa. ", Spotlight was made to combat a difficult problem, and the data Spotlight handles is unsettling to say the least. Education and engagement with the public change risky and abusive behaviors. With the approval of the Thorn CEO, I led the design of a Spotlight product website and managed our vendors, Media Cause and Digital Reasoning - who were in charge of graphic design and engineering development. So much so that we launched Spotlight nationwide in October 2014. "Permitted Use" means any use of the Services by an Authorized User for the benefit of Customer solely for supporting his or her law enforcement, social services, academic or other similar professional role, including to detect criminal actions, identify missing/exploited victims, or measure statistical trends surrounding the adult services . Access is available for free to law enforcement agencies and can be requested at: htspotlight.com. She shared, "Maintaining any technology product is always challenging because technology is constantly changing. User research through interviews, personas, and journey mapping of proactive and reactive searches had already been done prior to my start date. Our web-based tool is now used by over 5,000 officers in all 50 states and Canada. Thorn builds technology to defend children from sexual abuse. Furthermore, by making sure users were engaged and properly trained, user surveys have shown that Spotlight has since been able to reduce the time it takes to investigate a human trafficking case by 43%, identified close to 2,000 children, and over 2,000 traffickers. Build relationships with key people who manage and lead nonprofit organizations with GuideStar Pro. Thorn is a registered 501(c)(3) organizationEIN: 27-0943677, 2023 Thorn. 1 0 obj
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick. 2016-2022 National Policing Institute -Privacy Policy-Documents in PDF format require Adobe Acrobat Reader, Spotlight A Tool to Improve Sex Trafficking Investigations, Documents in PDF format require Adobe Acrobat Reader. ", Combating online child sex trafficking is a team effort, according to Istook. " This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. x["Yn ", In addition to the task of staying technologically relevant, Thorn faces another significant challenge: fundraising. Our product Safer is the first holistic solution for tech companies to detect, remove, and report child sexual abuse material at scale. Spotlight does investigative work in minutes that can take hours sometimes to collect. s#fDr$G#;3s/U@q~}NHO. GuideStar worked with BoardSource, the national leader Copyright Human Trafficking Search 2023. Help us get you more of the nonprofit information you need, including: An email has been sent to the address you provided. Easy communication at scale, disposable "burner" phones, and simple photo-editing tools these are just some of the ways the digital, connected world was helping traffickers operate anonymously, one step ahead of the lawespecially those who traffic children for sex online. Want to see how you can enhance your nonprofit research and unlock more insights? We believe that every child has the right to be safe, to be curious, to be happy. FOLLOW MORE IBT NEWS ON THE BELOW CHANNELS, IBT Fast Start - Let the best of International News come to you. <>
Here are samples of the Spotlight product website: home page, request access page, and request demo page. Reports from our users show that, with the help of Spotlight, law enforcement is identifying 9 kids per day on average and those who use Spotlight daily see over 60% in time savings. Our tools take massive amounts of data and turns it into an asset for law enforcement. From there, I created an information architecture for the content on the website, put together a website design inspiration board, sketched wireframes by hand and through an online tool - and then wrote the content itself. All Rights Reserved. Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results. This was meant to identify areas in which we could make the tool more intuitive, to minimize obstacles to adoption. In addition to a powerful team of experts, we work with the sharpest minds from tech, non-profit, government, and law enforcement to stop the spread of child sexual abuse material, stand up to child traffickers, and uncover new kinds of abuse. I also created high-fidelity prototypes of key touchpoints on our site, whose content I validated through additional user feedback. Spotlight evolved from surveys completed by victims of . <>
Thorn's Spotlight tool combines publicly available classified ad and online forum data with smart algorithms to help law enforcement identify an average of eight child sex trafficking victims every day. For more information about the impact of Spotlight, check out the infographic below. endstream
Spotlight's machine-learning models are trained and run on Amazon EC2 C5 instances. Our team continues to monitor new and emerging trends that will help make sure our tool remains relevant for investigators to do their jobs efficiently and ultimately help the kids we serve. We depend on the anti-trafficking community to keep our resource hub up to date. When we surveyed underage sex trafficking victims, 3 out of 4 who entered the life in the past decade said they had been advertised online at some point in their trafficking situation. With the approval of the Thorn CEO, I led the design of a Spotlight product website and managed our vendors, Media Cause and Digital Reasoning - who were in charge of graphic design and engineering development. BACKGROUND Spotlight is a robust search tool that uses machine learning to help law enforcement identify victims of trafficking online. Powered by 3.0 GHz Intel Xeon Scalable processors, Amazon EC2 C5 instances offer a memory-to-vCPU ratio that is ideal for demanding inference applications. I started by conducting a competitive and stakeholder analysis to help with the overall discovery of where we were with our current process. I gathered additional information through phone call interviews with customers who were familiar with Spotlight and the other two products to get a sense of what features and design they liked. Viral child sexual abuse material is removed from the internet to end the cycle of trauma. This website is funded through a grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. For this phase of the project, I used the data I already gathered from Spotlight users to create a journey for those seeking to learn more about Spotlight, request a demo, request access, and to log in. Potts adds, "We built Spotlight because we wanted to use advanced technology to help law enforcement turn the tables and find these children faster.". Leadership Spotlight Compassion in Law Enforcement Compassion is characterized by a willingness to purposely assist others on an emotional level and to selflessly put the needs of others before. Spotlight is a robust search tool that uses machine learning to help law enforcement identify victims of trafficking online. A virtual team based in the U.S., Thorn employs 25 people. The rise of the internet has done for child sexual abusers the exact same thing it has done for everyone else - made it easier to share images, and build a community. After the 2015 Atlanta ICAC Conference, we quickly realized that we needed a better on-boarding process that no longer relied solely on Google Sheets to manage requests. Founded in 2012, Thorn builds technology to defend children from sexual abuse. Spotlight, a tool developed by Thorn, is a web-based platform that assists law enforcement in identifying sex trafficking victims faster. Law enforcement doesnt have enough time to navigate the online commercial sex market to find children and identify their traffickers. Somewhere in that pile of data are children who are bought and sold online for sex. Copyright 2023 IBTimes LLC. Have you recently published a useful resource? By the end of my first year at Thorn, I had played a role in developing strategic partnerships with FVTC and the DOJ, designing a Spotlight Lab to effectively train potential and new users, and designing a Spotlight product website and a corresponding on-boarding process. This year, Dressember is proud to partner with Thorn, an organization that uses technology to combat child sex trafficking. Be a part of the impact for our local and global partners by creating your campaign page today! Register now. You'll challenge yourself, expand your knowledge on modern slavery, and be equipped to lead your community in the fight to end human trafficking. $300/yr. "It didn't make sense to build our own facial-recognition service when AWS already offers a best-in-breed solution like Amazon Rekognition. Our tools are currently used by over 8,000 law enforcement officers in 37 countries, resulting in the identification of 10,000+ child sex trafficking victims and 847+ victims of child sexual abuse material. Initially, they had about 100 users from three U.S. states who were using Spotlight for their human-trafficking investigations. We'll keep it out of your inbox, promise. Spotlight has been used in 21,044 cases identifying 12,328 adults, 5,791 children, and 6,553 traffickers in the past two years. <>
Spotlight is invaluable as a tool/resource. Due to the sensitivity of the product itself, I will not be using this case study to highlight the product design or development of Spotlight, the tool. You can view our, Meet the 2019 Skoll Awardees for Social Entrepreneurship. 4 0 obj
Click on the link in that email This is me at a conference booth, preparing to hold several usability testing sessions with human trafficking investigators. How can law enforcement sift through massive amounts of data to focus their time on the most vulnerable victims? Thorn Helps Law Enforcement Identify Child Sex-Trafficking Victims Faster on AWS. "We tested multiple facial-recognition services and found Amazon Rekognition was extremely accurate," says Kristin Boorse, the director of product management for Thorn. Rather, I will be detailing the UX/UI and program management that went behind the design of the on-boarding process, which I led during my time at Thorn. An infographic detailing the reach that Spotlight has gained, since its national roll-out in February 2015. To help investigators overcome these and other hurdles, Thorn collaborated with AWS and Digital Reasoning, a company specializing in cognitive-computing solutions, to build Spotlight. All Rights Reserved. Key results from our multi-channel strategy led to 19x the projected customer acquisition goal from all 50 states, by the end of 2015 (easily surpassing the initial goal of 250 users in six months). Thorn Helps Law Enforcement Identify Child Sex-Trafficking Victims Faster on AWS Answering the Challenge Using AWS I was part of the team that was responsible for designing the UX/UI and rolling out the product Nationwide, along with our partners -Digital Reasoning- whose machine learning technology, Spotlight was built on. In 2012, we learned that 75% of child sex trafficking victims were being bought and sold online. Thorn has worked tirelessly to improve three areas of child safety, finding abused children faster, deterring predators, and creating hostile online environments. There are over 150,000 escort ads posted daily, and Spotlight takes this massive amount of data and turns it into an asset for law enforcement. and who do the programs serve? The Transportation Industrys Human Trafficking Prevention Toolkit, The Educators Human Trafficking Awareness & Prevention Toolkit, Hospitality Industry and Human Trafficking Toolkit, Visibly Invisible Sex Workers and Sex Trafficking in the EU, Prison Labor: What Happened in the 5 States That Had The Exception Clause On the Ballot, Illuminating a Nexus: The Interplay Between Disaster Events and Exploitation, Preparing for the Known Unknown: Human Trafficking and Disaster Response, Forced to Scam: Cyber Slavery in South Asia, Avoiding Cascading Effects: Why Suspension of The Davis-Bacon Act May Allow Forced/Exploited Labor. Kutcher elaborate on the software during the hearing, Its a tool that can be used by law enforcement to prioritize their caseload. Supported browsers are Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari. to get more GuideStar Nonprofit Profile data today! Through my competitive analysis, I identified two major competing products, Traffic Jam and Rescue Forensics. On Wednesday, Kutcher testified before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee along with the CEO and President of the organization Human Rights First, Elisa Massimino, to ask the United States Government for help fighting trafficking and sexual exploitation. Try a low commitment monthly plan today. Kutchers company Thorn developed software to combat this challenge. Thorn runs the countrys most extensive online deterrence program, communicating directly with people searching for CSAM, disrupting their sense of anonymity and encouraging them to seek help. Hi-fidelity prototypes of key touch points on the Spotlight website. HTS creates a blog, publishes research, and hosts a global resource database on human trafficking and modern-day slavery. Used by officers in all 50 states and Canada, our web-based tool has helped in identifying 17,092 child victims of human trafficking in the past four years. Spotlight could never have been so successful without substantial investment and support from AWS, or the underlying technologies that Intel has created.. %PDF-1.7
Identifying the best product and UX design to onboard users, so that Spotlight could become the leading machine learning tool for human trafficking investigators. Spotlight's sophisticated machine-learning capabilities save time for overworked, under-resourced investigators by automatically flagging ads likely to represent at-risk children and keeping law enforcement agents from getting lost in a sea of online data. Officers who login weekly report a time savings of 60% in their human trafficking investigations. Sign In. However, the following six districts Hear more from investigators using Spotlight on the front lines. Leadership Spotlight: A System Focus. All rights reserved. Kelbi Ervin, Development Associate at Thorn, works with a team to develop partnerships and identify funding opportunities to sustain Thorn's work. We have resource guides for researchers across the globe on all forms of trafficking for various stakeholders. endobj
One aspect of law enforcement often discussed during an in-briefing or at a recruiting event is the idea that by joining the organization, you are being accepted into that agency's "family.". With just over 20% of users reporting, we are confident these numbers represent the low end of our impact. There is a small group of people abusing our children, and we are a large community standing in strong opposition. There are many things you can do right now to get started in your community to support local survivor organizations.". Journey map of users navigating htspotlight.com. An improved product and UX journey delivers a seamless onboarding and training process for our users and admin staff, Streamlining the onboarding process for law enforcement, Designing a user experience for human trafficking investigators to help them solve cases faster than ever. Just within the last 12 months investigators reported: Officers who login weekly report a time savings of 60% in their human trafficking investigations. Facial analysis in Amazon Rekognition helps investigators find photos of the same person that have been edited to defeat less intelligent image-search engines. $25/mo. Leadership Spotlight: Leading At-Risk Employees - Law Enforcement and the Addiction Crisis. Technology is a powerful tool. On AWS, we can also respond to feature requests from officers in weeks or daysnot a level of responsiveness public-sector agencies are used to seeing. Empowering law enforcement to collaborate beyond jurisdictions or national borders is a key to success in identifying victims who are moved frequently, or are broadcast through peer-to-peer platforms (P2P) on the dark web from a hidden location. The genesis of Spotlight started after we conducted a sex trafficking Survivor Survey in 2012, seeking to learn directly from victims how technology was used throughout their trafficking situation. Using this data the company worked with law enforcement to understand how such digital footprints could lead to the discovery of victims and their traffickers. Additionally, many new supervisors inevitably will speak with and encourage employees to ensure they take care of their . More From Thorn About the Spotlight Technology. Candid has made improvements to the race and ethnicity options. Spotlight, on the other hand, is a complex piece of software that doesn't have any sales to help fund its production. I joined a superuser with the Louisiana State Police on a human trafficking sting operation in New Orleans, to observe how they used Spotlight in the field. Spotlight's machine-learning models analyze new escort ads in real time and use intelligent image analysis and natural-language processing (NLP) to flag those that match risk profiles developed in cooperation with law enforcement agencies. After the sting operation, we sat down with FVTC and the DOJ to put together the curriculum for Spotlight Lab. THOR Usernames and Passwords must be maintained as confidential by the User and may not be shared. (Don't see an email in your inbox? Email or Username. endobj
Equipped more than 8,500 law enforcement officers across 2,000 law enforcement agencies in 35 countries with its tools, Tools speed investigation time by up to 65 percent, 2022 Skoll Foundation. It went from beta in Summer 2014, to extended beta in Fall 2014, to a national roll-out in Winter 2015. Get free shipping on all Thorne products, connect with health professionals and clients, and read Take 5 Daily to get the latest news in the health and technology industry. Want to see how you can enhance your nonprofit research and unlock more insights? Vietnam. %
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From what I gathered, Spotlight was by far the most intuitive and robust, providing a better user experience, despite having a ways to go itself. Spotlight was designed for law enforcement and prosecutors who investigate human trafficking networks so that victims can be identified and connected to services. Sign up and stay up to date with our daily newsletter. These recent survey results confirm our initial hypothesis that Spotlight has indeed been an asset for law enforcement in earlier victim identification, collaboration and productivity. in nonprofit board leadership and governance, to create this section. To build the world we believe in, we know we must: 1) Accelerate Victim Identification 2) Make Digital Environments Safer and 3) Deter Predatory Behavior. Need the ability to download nonprofit data and more advanced search options? Its not uncommon for celebrities to act on a social or political issue theyre passionate about. <>/ExtGState<>/XObject<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>>
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