about GuideStar Pro. Other Amount: Donate now Yes, accountability matters. Leadership Spotlight: Leading Through Tragedy. We believe that technology is a tool, one we can use for incredible good. endobj Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results. 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. How does this organization measure their results? Use of THOR in a manner outside the scope of these Rules is strictly prohibited. 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. She shared, "Maintaining any technology product is always challenging because technology is constantly changing. "Spotlight was designed based on insights from our first survivor survey. "With the flexibility and easy integration of AWS, we can experiment and prototype new products like Spotlight that would otherwise be cost-prohibitive to develop. I get results fast allowing me to to gather important evidence and information in minutes compared to hours., Spotlight is a force multiplier at every stage of the operation. 11 0 obj Spotlight is a robust search tool that uses machine learning to help law enforcement identify victims of trafficking online. All Rights Reserved, thorn.org, Hear more from investigators using Spotlight on the front lines, surveyed underage sex trafficking victims. One way for law enforcement agents to catch traffickers and rescue kids would be to identify and investigate escort ads that seem to feature minors, but there are many obstacles to doing this. I was given the goal of on-boarding 250 users in the next six months. Our tools take massive amounts of data and turns it into an asset for law enforcement. Learn more about Amazon EC2 C5 Instances. We couldnt recommend it more taking time away from what is hard helps us all sustain our efforts to achieve our goals. 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. Hear more from investigators using Spotlight on the front lines. Help us get you more of the nonprofit information you need, including: An email has been sent to the address you provided. 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. It went from beta in Summer 2014, to extended beta in Fall 2014, to a national roll-out in Winter 2015. Dont see a resource that you know exists? Spotlight is used by more than 6,000 law enforcement officers in all 50 xKk@aZp &@z(=6M5h6N0]|V^c DY: $ I~^_az{}n{wN2r0 G$?Df'QK(s[,3o@o Ecw]\Q sIIb4`W*4)zka0Xm?adhga$P0A*+F#JExueU\|%|Q(2TW,+ h[ QFSv`eDShjJ} x|c' $wGdX308@Ng/UTf stream According to our most recent user survey, Spotlight is helping find more child victims of human trafficking, faster. Spotlight's machine-learning models are trained and run on Amazon EC2 C5 instances. HTS creates a blog, publishes research, and hosts a global resource database on human trafficking and modern-day slavery. Nokia's New G22 Phone Allows You To Repair Broken Parts Yourself; A Knack For Storytelling: Should AI Take Over What Makes Us Human? A 2012 Thorn survey of child sex-trafficking survivors found that 75 percent had been sold online, most of them through escort websites. <> Viral child sexual abuse material is removed from the internet to end the cycle of trauma. Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants (CIRI) founded in 1918, is a statewide nonprofit human services agency that addresses the need to provide new immigrants and refugees in Connecticut with services to help them become self-sufficient, integrated and contributing members of the community. The insights we gained - was not only beneficial for the overall product development - but for the workshop design itself (I would continue to observe Spotlight usage at future sting operations, including Operation Cross Country, in which hundreds of juveniles were identified and pimps were arrested). Sign in or create an account to view Form(s) 990 for 2020, 2019 and 2018. Our work has three pillars and one guiding vision. 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. 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. After the sting operation, we sat down with FVTC and the DOJ to put together the curriculum for Spotlight Lab. Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Building is a core value that informs every strategy in our organization. Law enforcement doesnt have enough time to navigate the online commercial sex market to find children and identify their traffickers. Law enforcement doesnt have enough time to navigate the online commercial sex market to find children and identify their traffickers. The Law Enforcement Family. <> To request technical assistance, training, or other resources through this initiative, agency POCs shouldemail usor call 202-833-1460. 2021 Dressember | Dressember is a 501 (C)(3) | design by anne agency + marrow design, Grant Partners, Dressember2018, human trafficking, modern day slavery, child advocacy, buisnesses ending slavery and trafficking, BEST, Danyella Wilder. According to our most recent survey, it is helping find more human trafficking victims, faster. 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. 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. The good news is, this can help investigators track down traffickers. ", In a YouTube video describing Thorns use of technology to fight child pornography and sex trafficking, Thorn Co-founder Ashton Kutcher said, We have to stay on the front cutting edge of that technology, because the criminals, theyre on the front cutting edge., I asked Kelbi what challenges Spotlight faces in keeping at the front of the technological curve. Numbers are to date since the launch of our tool in 2014. 9 0 obj Analyze a variety of pre-calculated financial metrics, Access beautifully interactive analysis and comparison tools, Compare nonprofit financials to similar organizations, Revenue and expense data for the current fiscal year, CEO, Board Chair, and Board of Directors information, *with the ability to download the data for 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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. You can view our, Meet the 2019 Skoll Awardees for Social Entrepreneurship. With over 150,000 ads posted online every day, we know that law enforcement doesnt have enough time to navigate the online commercial sex market to find children and identify their traffickers. ", Spotlight was made to combat a difficult problem, and the data Spotlight handles is unsettling to say the least. <>/ExtGState<>/XObject<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> 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. A GuideStar Pro report containing the following information is available for this organization: This information is only available for subscribers and in Premium reports. % 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. 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. We have resource guides for researchers across the globe on all forms of trafficking for various stakeholders. 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. <> Thorn builds technology to defend children from sexual abuse. 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. Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? But Thorn stays positive in the midst of engaging directly with such data. Thorn Helps Law Enforcement Identify Child Sex-Trafficking Victims Faster on AWS. | Photos Copyright Kay Chernush, ArtWorks for Freedom. stream We do all of this so every child can be safe, curious, and happy. country every day, law enforcement cannot manually keep up with the volume of ads as they work to identify and track potential victims. Founded in 2012, Thorn builds technology to defend children from sexual abuse. Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? 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. 1 0 obj BACKGROUND Spotlight is a robust search tool that uses machine learning to help law enforcement identify victims of trafficking online. This is me at a conference booth, preparing to hold several usability testing sessions with human trafficking investigators. You'll challenge yourself, expand your knowledge on modern slavery, and be equipped to lead your community in the fight to end human trafficking. Nothing makes my job more rewarding when a victim says "thank you" and tells me about her rebuilt life. Sign In. This tool will allow us to conduct faster, more precise investigations that will remove criminals from the street and, most importantly, recover victims. Editor's Pick Leise Hook / For Spotlight PA stream 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. Have you recently published a useful resource? %PDF-1.7 It's a hard question but an important one. Be a part of the impact for our local and global partners by creating your campaign page today! We believe that every child has the right to be safe, to be curious, to be happy. 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. And its working. He also noted that Spotlight is reducing investigation times by 60 percent. So when I came on, I got caught up to speed by reviewing that material, along with learning the product inside out by receiving, and then conducting, Spotlight demos and online trainings. Thorn is a registered 501(c)(3) organizationEIN: 27-0943677, 2023 Thorn. Its a neuralnet, it gets smarter over time, it gets better and it gets more efficient as people use it. Our brand NoFiltr reaches youth directly with prevention and support messaging to help them better recognize online grooming. Monthly Yearly One time only. 8 0 obj The organization collaborates with law enforcement agencies, tech companies, and nonprofits. I cant begin to tell you how appreciative myself and the victim's families are that we have people that support a worthy cause such as this. Officers who login weekly report a time savings of 60% in their human trafficking investigations. The bad news is that law enforcement just doesnt have the time, energy, or manpower to efficiently pursue the information available online. Telehealth Startup Cerebral To Cut 15% Of Staff, PlayStation's New Game To Feature Shiba Inu As 'Savior' Of 'Humanity', China Aims To Reach 'World-Leading Levels' Of Tech By 2035: CCP. Password. Want to see how you can enhance your nonprofit research and unlock more insights? The Tennessee Fusion Center may share information contained within THOR with other law . Our web-based tool is now used by over 5,000 officers in all 50 states and Canada. Spotlight is the #1 investigative tool I have utilized to find child victims and arrest their traffickers in countless cases. According to our most recent survey, it is helping find more human trafficking victims, faster. Here are samples of the Spotlight product website: home page, request access page, and request demo page. 5 0 obj I also created high-fidelity prototypes of key touchpoints on our site, whose content I validated through additional user feedback. Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? 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. We build products and tools, partnerships and communities, that support and accelerate the impact and intentions of many people who are dedicated to defending children from sexual abuse. The solution uses Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) to send alerts to law enforcement agents. The objective of Spotlight is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of domestic sex trafficking investigations and increase the number of children who are identified and connected with help resources. 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. We choose to use it for good. We depend on the anti-trafficking community to keep our resource hub up to date. That's where Thorn comes in. 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 in P2P onthe dark web from a hidden location. "Day to day, we strive to balance hard work with care for ourselves and each other so that we have the resiliency we need to keep fighting," Kelbi writes, "At Thorn, we are invested in a team wellness plan where we carve out time to discuss how were feeling and how were approaching our work. In 2013, we published the first version of The Thorn Sound Practices Guide, which educates companies about proven practices, tools and resources that exist to identify, remove, report and prevent child sexual abuse material and abusive behavior on their platforms. Spotlight is a web tool used by law enforcement agencies to more efficiently search the internet for victim and trafficker information. <>/Metadata 508 0 R/ViewerPreferences 509 0 R>> For more information about the impact of Spotlight, check out the infographic below. This website is funded through a grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. "Fighting human trafficking starts where you live. 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. All rights reserved. Spotlight is like a investigative partner in human trafficking investigations. Need the ability to download nonprofit data and more advanced search options? Supported browsers are Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari. 3 0 obj Our programs and products find child abuse victims faster, make online environments safer, and deter criminal behavior. Thank you for supporting the fight to end human trafficking! endobj x nH@ \ My background in law enforcement and anti-human trafficking was well suited for the needs of Spotlight when I first joined the team. Register. Thorn has worked tirelessly to improve three areas of child safety, finding abused children faster, deterring predators, and creating hostile online environments. Armed with this data, we worked with our technology partners and law enforcement to understand how these existing digital footprints could assist law enforcement in faster victim identification. Eventually, I reached out to them, and we agreed to partner and co-teach a Spotlight Lab workshop at major conferences across the Nation to drive awareness and adoption. We found that sixty-three percent of underage sex trafficking victims reported they had been bought or sold online. Per Kristin, "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. from UCLA and an M.B.A. from Northwestern. Julie holds a B.A. 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. Kelbi Ervin, Development Associate at Thorn, works with a team to develop partnerships and identify funding opportunities to sustain Thorn's work. This combination of streamlining workflows and increasing successful victim identification is what has propelled Spotlight to its large user base. stream Spotlight has been used in 21,044 cases identifying 12,328 adults, 5,791 children, and 6,553 traffickers in the past two years. We believe that every child has the right to be safe, to be curious, to be happy. Education and engagement with the public change risky and abusive behaviors. <> Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Technology can be used to enable slavery but it can also be used to disable slavery, and thats what were doing, Kutcher said to wrap up his comments. Learn more about Spotlight. Click here to resend it.). AWS Lambda functions orchestrate Amazon Simple Queueing Service (Amazon SQS) to queue new ads for processing by the app's analytics engine, Digital Reasoning Synthesys. Somewhere in that pile of data are children who are bought and sold online for sex. <> The success of Spotlight would not be possible without the countless hours that investigators spend looking for our kids; the technology partners who influenced and encouraged its development and our donors. Additionally, many new supervisors inevitably will speak with and encourage employees to ensure they take care of their . Spotlight evolved from surveys completed by victims of . To find children faster, they have created two online tools, Spotlight and Solis, for law enforcement agencies across the world, for free. Before presenting the first award of the night, "The Ranch" star Ashton Kutcher walked the red carpet in Dolce & Gabbana. Human Trafficking Search (HTS) seeks to raise awareness and help prevent and eliminate human trafficking worldwide. I started by conducting a competitive and stakeholder analysis to help with the overall discovery of where we were with our current process. about GuideStar Pro. Facial analysis in Amazon Rekognition helps investigators find photos of the same person that have been edited to defeat less intelligent image-search engines. endobj A leading assumption was that users wanted to learn by doing, so we used the outcomes from the New Orleans sting operation as a hands-on case study. to get more GuideStar Nonprofit Profile data today! endstream The software makes tracking down traffickers easier and faster for law enforcement, which can cut down on the amount of time it takes to find victims. Spotlight is invaluable as a tool/resource. Try a low commitment monthly plan today. 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. <> (Don't see an email in your inbox? Lucas Moore is a writer in Los Angeles. There are more than 150,000 escort ads posted every day in this country. Initially, they had about 100 users from three U.S. states who were using Spotlight for their human-trafficking investigations. 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. Initially, they had about 100 users from three U.S. states who were using Spotlight for their human-trafficking investigations. endstream 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. Julie was raised in Lindsay, California, a small farming community in Californias Central Valley. Thorn Helps Law Enforcement Identify Child Sex-Trafficking Victims Faster on AWS Answering the Challenge Using AWS The organization's co-leader identifies as: Already have a GuideStar Account? Click here to return to Amazon Web Services homepage, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C5 instances, Identified 18,000 victims, including over 6,000 children. endobj COVID-19 Fraud. In the last five years, we have reached more than 2.6 million people globally through our child pornography deterrence program. endobj Leadership Spotlight: Leading with the Pen - The Handwritten Note. We piloted our workshop at the 2015 Atlanta ICAC Conference and received additional feedback on how to improve Spotlight Lab. We can use this tool to gather intelligence and plot trends prior to conducting an operation, during the operation we can allocate resources effectively and tighten our investigative vision to have the greatest immediate impact, and following this operation we can couple Spotlight with information gathered in interviews to develop a more complete picture of the scope of Human Trafficking in our area.. 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. "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. Journey map of users navigating htspotlight.com. He likes Neo-noir films, running and cycling, classic American novels, small venue music shows, and burritos. Matt Damon wants clean water for all, Shailene Woodley was arrested protesting the Dakota Access pipeline, and Ashton Kutcher is the co-founder of a tech company fighting human trafficking and sexual exploitation. All of our technology partners are making crucial contributions to this fight. Spotlight can connect contacts in minutes where it would take me weeks, if not months to do the same thing. It is the greatest tool we have in the fight against human trafficking., Special Agent, Wisconsin Human Trafficking Task Force. Copyright Human Trafficking Search 2023. Spotlight does investigative work in minutes that can take hours sometimes to collect. A virtual team based in the U.S., Thorn employs 25 people. Spotlight helps officers identify child sex-trafficking ads much faster than the old paper-and-pencil methods., Brooke Istook, Director of Strategy and Operations, 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. Helped officers identify over 10,000 child victims of sexual trafficking and children whose abuse was recorded and distributed. Throughout this process, I worked collaboratively with Media Cause and Digital Reasoning to set timelines and execute. 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). 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. Sign In. All rights reserved. 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. Activation of the tech industry helps eliminate abuse content from their platforms. Thorn has created a program called Spotlight. Trafficking in human beings: protect women and children and focus on sexual exploitation, Desperate for Cash, Afghans Toil in Mines That Are Deadlier Than Ever, Forced to Beg: Tanzanias Trafficked Kids. It went from beta in Summer 2014, to extended beta in Fall 2014, to a national roll-out in Winter 2015. Spotlight is a web tool used by law enforcement agencies to more efficiently search the internet for victim and trafficker information. Amazon Rekognition, which uses deep learning to accurately identify objects, people, activities, and events in images and videos stored in Amazon S3, is at the heart of one of Spotlights most crucial capabilities. 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