Head of communications and outreach @Childlight_ Global Child Safety Institute tackling CSEA. Former editor of The Sunday Times Scotland.
Joined January 2012
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2 Jul 2025
🚨300 million children. Every year.
The scale of tech-facilitated sexual abuse & exploitation is staggering—but not inevitable.
A public health, prevention-first approach can change everything.
Read the global data: childlight.org/intothelight/
#EndChildAbuse
#PreventionWorks
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9 Feb 2025
A great pleasure to review the Sunday papers today with @RachelAmery and @GStewartBBC on Radio Scotland - Listen Live - BBC Sounds 🙏 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live/b…
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14 Nov 2024
Why need a new approach to protect children from sexual exploitation and abuse online
5 Nov 2024
"This is on a scale that it's a pandemic - it's too big for law enforcement alone."
@Childlight_ is set to attend a conference with over 100 governments in Columbia to call for a preventative approach to ending child abuse.
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👏 We applaud the stance taken by the Duke of Sussex seeking urgent action to tackle the pervasive threat posed to children by the online world
🚸 As he put it - and indeed this is our mantra at Childlight - children can't wait
independent.co.uk/tech/bill-…
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16 Sep 2024
If the Commonwealth Games are coming back to Scotland, we’ll need a new mascot to pick up where Clyde left off. How about calling her Bonnie?
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19 Aug 2024
Calling all Edinburgh changemakers…
📢 Calling All Changemakers
Are you aged 18—24 and passionate about making a difference for children and young people?
💡For a chance to shape the future of youth-focused research in the field of child sexual exploitation and abuse please see here eur02.safelinks.protection.o…
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23 Jun 2024
A great pleasure reviewing the story packed Sunday papers this morning with the wonderful @wornoutmumhack and @ptupdate for #TheSundayShow @BBCRadioScot with @Fionasstalker
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🚨 A wake up call for North America… 1 in 4 U.S. children are estimated to experience online sexual exploitation or abuse, with 1 in 9 U.S. men admitting to sexually offending online against children. Let’s shine a light on this pandemic ⬇️ linkedin.com/posts/childligh…
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28 May 2024
🗺️ These new interactive maps shine a light on the global problem of online sexual exploitation and abuse affecting over 300 million children. You can view the maps here 📍intothelight.childlight.org
🚸It’s time to treat this like a global public health emergency #childrencantwait
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🌎Children globally live in the darkness of sexual exploitation & abuse but with a lack of data it’s difficult to assess the scale
🔦Today we shine a light. Please read the 1st global estimates and help fight this epidemic lnkd.in/eNh_g4XQ linkedin.com/posts/childligh…
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22 May 2024
📌We’re at @unfoundation HQ today for Every Child Safe, an event which brings together key actors in the global fight to #EndViolenceAgainstChildren.
Listen to our Chief of Staff @TomKrumins for more info & keep an eye on our feed to hear key insights from our speakers! ⬇️💡
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10 May 2024
I *think* this is the aurora borealis over Bearsden just now although a friend says it doesn’t make sense because this was in the south. Any thoughts?
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2 May 2024
Poll of over 8,000 Times readers finds three quarters want Kate Forbes to become next Scottish First Minister, with 17% favouring John Swinney. Not representative of Scots voters of course but will SNP selectorate this time go for who voters want or perceived safe pair of hands?
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As @PaulStanfield1 explains, a £20M funding agreement with the Human Dignity Foundation will make a massive difference to efforts to reveal the nature and extent of child sexual exploitation and abuse globally so governments and others treat it as the health emergency that it is
17 Apr 2024
"There are tens of millions of children being sexually abused every year, and it's just the tip of the iceberg."
@EdinburghUni have received £20 million worth of funding in order to provide support to law enforcement bodies around the world and safeguard vulnerable children.
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14 Apr 2024
Brilliant analysis from Matthew Syed today on the state we’re in
thetimes.co.uk/article/2646c…
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14 Apr 2024
I might be persuaded to offer a house swap if any Cayman islanders fancy getting wet
thetimes.co.uk/article/0bf44…
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3 Mar 2024
Today’s Sunday papers a great showcase for constructive journalism, from homelessness to education & the Sunday Mail leading the way on Emma Caldwell’s killer. A pleasure to review them with Pennie Taylor on The Sunday Show with @Fionasstalker bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001ww…
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Jason Allardyce retweeted
💡 Interesting move by Florida to ban children under 16 from having access to certain social media platforms that promote addiction, while still allowing online access to educational and entertainment apps. Could it catch on?
lnkd.in/eBRNNuXa linkedin.com/posts/childligh…
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