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New innovative technology to help stop the spread of child sexual abuse material on end-to-end encrypted social media and online messaging platforms will be developed thanks to UK government funding.

WeProtect Global Alliance, a global movement of more than 200 governments, private sector companies and civil society organisations to transform the global response to child sexual exploitation and abuse online, has today published its 2021 Global Threat Assessment.

Kirsten Brumfitt, VP of People at Leeds-based online safety tech company Crisp, a Tech Nation Future Fifty 9.0 alumnus, said that her company finds itself in ‘a battle for talent’ despite growing its headcount by 72% in the past 12 months.

It is also home to two futurecorns, the digital pharmacy service Pharmacy2U and risk intelligence platform Crisp, that are expected to reach unicorn valuation in the next few years.

Child sexual abuse material runs rampant on the internet thanks to popular social media platforms like Facebook, even despite attempts to crack down on its spread. We need scalable technology to address it.

Crisp found vile abuse aimed at players, including comments about race and ethnicity and extreme personal abuse.

The biggest risks posed to enterprises are a variety of actors and groups, operating in real time across the world.

PM360 speaks to Crisp's Vikram Sharma on how the social landscape has changed for life science marketers.

Adverse commentary should be high on the risk register for many companies already managing multiple threats during a period of rapid transformation: is your boardroom prepared?

A Yorkshire company is helping Champions League winners Chelsea protect its players from offensive social media posts.

British tech companies dedicated to making the internet a safer place have seen revenues soar in the last year.

Executives from General Mills, Hyatt Hotels, P&G, McDonald's and Crisp talk about the urgency of online threats and how real-life experiences impact communications policy.