The WeProtect Global Alliance published its Global Threat Assessment 2025 reporting a 1,325 per cent rise in AI-generated child sexual abuse material between 2023 and 2024, and revealed that NCMEC receives approximately 100 reports of financial sexual extortion every day in 2024, disproportionately affecting boys. Youth access to the internet now outpaces the general population by 13 per cent, and the majority of children in a study spanning 55 countries started using a digital device before the age of 10, with the assessment identifying real-time prevention as the critical gap.
Where broad population surveys and threat assessments identify the scale, Guardii operationalises the response: its anti-sextortion and anti-grooming detection modules monitor direct messages on Instagram, Snapchat, Discord and Roblox, flagging financial extortion attempts before the child sends money or additional imagery, surfacing acute threats to the parent or agency empowered to intervene, and detecting threat patterns without bulk surveillance. Backed by Startmate and operating as a Meta Business Partner, Guardii translates global threat data into child-specific protection at the moment of contact, addressing the operational gap that blanket age restrictions and retrospective investigations cannot close.
