Which instantly discredits and compromises her, because she’s gone searching for illegal content.” One was told by her abusers that her material was online, and if she could find it, then she could get it taken down. “I know victims here in Australia in a similar boat. This makes sense because the platforms are not required to proactively search for CSAM (Child Sex Abuse Material), and only have to remove if they are notified,” explains Dr Salter.

“There are actually a lot of Avris out there – girls and women trying to get their material offline, trying to police their own material. He has been assisting Avri to access appropriate support in North America. Picture: iStock, posed by model.Īssociate Professor Michael Salter, from the University of New South Wales, is an internationally known expert in child exploitation. Avri now spends time at the library searching for her own child abuse images and tries to get them pulled down.