Michael Salter
@mike_salter
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Professor of Criminology | Director of the @Childlight_ East Asia and Pacific Hub @UNSW | Chair - https://t.co/A8sba2EPBc
Sydney, New South Wales
Joined September 2012
My new paper with @CdnChildProtect examines the political abandonment of survivors of child sexual abuse material. We trace the distribution of CSAM of three survivors over the last five years and the impunity granted to offenders by Tor and commercial online services.
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I'm giving a paper at the @Sydney_Uni Psychoanalysis In Sydney seminar series on 25 Sept on "The anti-epistemology of violation and our capacity not to know about human malevolence" - feel free to come along. RSVP below.
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My blog post with @CdnChildProtect on child sexual abuse survivors and the politics of abandonment - reflecting on our recent paper in the @JGBVjournal. Link below ⬇️
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The former Anglican dean of Newcastle, Graeme Russell Lawrence, has been granted conditional bail after he was charged with historical child sex offences #CCSA Clerical Child Sexual Abuse #CSA #AbuseByClergy #SexualAssault #Grooming NSW Australia https://t.co/pxZV9qQUPG
abc.net.au
Former Newcastle Anglican dean Graeme Lawrence has been charged with seven sexual assault offences dating back more than 40 years in the NSW Riverina area.
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This National Child Protection Week, SASVic stands in solidarity with survivors of child sexual abuse, whether the abuse took place recently or many years ago. #NCPW2025 #ShiftingConversationToAction @NAPCAN_AU
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Opinion | The sexual abuse of children is a global public health crisis. If we hope to address it, we must first understand it, writes Grace Tame.
crikey.com.au
Child sexual abuse by adults does not happen because of a lack of respect or consent. It happens because adults weaponise their power over children.
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"Child sexual abuse by adults does not happen because of a lack of respect or consent. It happens because adults weaponise their power over children." Grace Tame in @crikey_news calling for a national commitment to grooming prevention. https://t.co/0F6aC1sKnd
crikey.com.au
Child sexual abuse by adults does not happen because of a lack of respect or consent. It happens because adults weaponise their power over children.
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Opinion | Child sexual abuse by adults does not happen because of a lack of respect or consent. It happens because adults weaponise their power over children, writes Grace Tame.
crikey.com.au
Child sexual abuse by adults does not happen because of a lack of respect or consent. It happens because adults weaponise their power over children.
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This @JeanHailes Women's Health Week, let's talk about how sexual violence impacts survivors' physical and mental health. #womenshealthweek #sayyestoyou #jeanhailes
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The operators of Pornhub and other sites promised they would take serious action to prevent the dissemination of child pornography and revenge porn on their platforms. But we found that they didn’t. Instead, our complaint filed today alleges that their websites were full of
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FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak - “Pornhub’s operators inflicted grave harm on children and nonconsenting adults by promoting and distributing truly horrific material online … the FTC will use every tool in its arsenal to stop such outrageous conduct.”
FTC takes action against operators of Pornhub and other pornographic sites for deceiving users about efforts to crack down on child sexual abuse material and nonconsensual sexual content: https://t.co/1eYP1TGq6m /1
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FTC takes action against operators of Pornhub and other pornographic sites for deceiving users about efforts to crack down on child sexual abuse material and nonconsensual sexual content: https://t.co/1eYP1TGq6m /1
ftc.gov
The Federal Trade Commission and the state of Utah are taking action against the operators of Pornhub and other pornography-streaming sites over charges they deceived users by doing little to block
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Nick Clegg was asked by @BBCNewsnight why there is no mention of Molly Russell in his book. His answer was very telling.
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At the child sexual abuse roundtable in Canberra yesterday, Grace Tame called for a national plan to prevent the grooming of children. Respectful relationships and consent education are focused on peer-to-peer abuse, not the controlling tactics of adults who target children.
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When developing responses to child sexual abuse, consult with children as appropriate, by all means. But the real intelligence comes from survivors of child sexual abuse. They were the children that we didn't listen to or protect, and they will tell you where the gaps are.
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“The Tor Project stands alone in its extremist views and management: what internet platform does less to secure the human rights owed to children to be free from sexual exploitation?”
linkedin.com
Many internet platforms are used by perpetrators of child sexual exploitation, but the Tor Project stands alone in its extremist views and management.
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My op ed co-authored with Matt Tyler @JesuitSocialSer - Australia stands at a critical juncture: will we do what’s needed to prevent an impending child sexual abuse crisis?
abc.net.au
Revelations of sexual abuse in childcare centres have shocked Australia and prompted long overdue reforms — but while these changes are needed, there is much more to do given the scale of the problem...
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