28 April, 2026 — The reports document measurable progress in how coordinated industry action is accelerating the fight against OCSEA and making it harder for offenders to exploit gaps between platforms
Over 350,000 enforcement actions taken against accounts, URLs, and content through Lantern, the Tech Coalition’s cross-platform signal-sharing program.
Download press releaseQuote from Sean Litton, President & CEO, Tech Coalition
“Child safety failure is not a normal product risk, it is an existential company risk.
The collaboration happening through the Tech Coalition is raising the baseline of child safety across platforms serving billions of users. Proven safeguards are becoming industry standard, and shared intelligence through Lantern is enabling more coordinated enforcement, with over 350,000 accounts, URLs, and pieces of content actioned since launch.
The threats are fast-evolving, but so is industry’s response.”
New data shows industry impact
The tech industry is accelerating measurable, system-wide progress against online child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Tech Coalition member companies more than doubled their child safety improvements in 2025, advancing 317 mileposts — concrete product, policy, and operational changes across prevention, detection, and response.
- Response: 102 mileposts — stronger investigation and reporting systems
- Prevention: 98 mileposts — safety shifting earlier into product design
- Detection: 117 mileposts — increased use of behavioral and AI-powered detection tools
Enforcement results through Lantern
Lantern surpasses two million signals and is now core safety infrastructure.
Since launching in 2023, Lantern, the Tech Coalition’s cross-platform signal-sharing program, has surpassed two million signals, with nearly one million signals shared in 2025 alone.
These signals enable companies to identify offenders and harmful activity that might otherwise remain undetected across platforms. Lantern is driving real enforcement outcomes:
- 164,575 accounts actioned
- 163,112 URLs blocked or removed
- 26,119 pieces of content taken down
Meta x Block x Microsoft
A Meta investigation of a child exploitation money trail suggested a coordinated network. Signals Meta shared through Lantern enabled Block to identify a network of 18 Cash App accounts connected to suspected CSAM sales or purchases, and Microsoft to action multiple Xbox accounts linked to the case.
This information was reported to the authorities, contributing to a multi-agency law enforcement investigation that resulted in multiple arrests for child exploitation.
Twitch x Meta
Signals shared by Twitch helped Meta identify a UK-based individual coercing multiple minors into producing CSAM.
The suspect, who held a position of trust at a children’s football academy, was arrested following Meta’s report to authorities.
Industry collaboration
Industry collaboration is scaling the tools and infrastructure needed to respond to fast-moving threats, including AI-generated CSAM, grooming, and CSAM distribution.
- In 2025, 5,000 AI-related signals were shared through Lantern, a 17-fold increase from 2024. As generative AI evolves, Tech Coalition members are developing new reporting templates to help platforms and authorities manage AI-generated abuse, including a standardized template for reporting AI-generated child sexual abuse material to NCMEC’s CyberTipline.
- A Tech Coalition pilot was designed to address gaps in non-English grooming detection, using Korean as a proof of concept to improve identification of grooming behaviors in a region where localized tools have been limited.
- Video Hash Interoperability Project (VHIP), developed with NCMEC, Meta, Google, and Thorn, enables companies using different video hashing systems to match against NCMEC’s database of known CSAM. In 2025, VHIP processed 435,000 videos, strengthening cross-platform detection and helping prevent further distribution of abusive material.
