The Council of Europe's Lanzarote Committee published its 10th activity report marking the 15th anniversary of the Lanzarote Convention, the first comprehensive, legally binding treaty providing a response to sexual violence against children, ratified by 48 parties. The report on data collection mechanisms across 36 countries identified gaps in evidence-based policymaking and urged national authorities to use available data to develop and monitor measures addressing child sexual exploitation and abuse; the Lanzarote and Cybercrime Convention Committees will hold a joint event on 2 June 2026 to exchange information on emerging challenges posed by AI-generated or altered child sexual abuse material.
The Council of Europe's call for evidence-based policy and better data on AI-altered CSAM highlights the operational intelligence gap that Guardii closes in practice. Where treaty bodies and national legislators work in multi-year cycles to harmonise definitions and enforcement regimes, offenders operate in real time, adapting tools and tactics daily. Guardii translates research findings—on grooming language patterns, sextortion escalation paths, and AI-CSAM solicitation behaviours—into live detection rules deployed across Instagram, Snapchat, Discord, Roblox and other platforms. Each flagged conversation generates structured data on offender behaviour, threat typology, and child-risk indicators, feeding back into the evidence base that policymakers and investigators need while simultaneously protecting the child in the moment. As a Meta Business Partner backed by Startmate, Guardii serves as the operational bridge between research, regulation and real-world prevention, ensuring that the data collected is actionable, the threat is interdicted, and the child is safeguarded before harm occurs.
