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<p>We will set out plans for tackling online harms, including Child Sexual Exploitation
and Abuse, in the forthcoming Online Harms White Paper. The White Paper will set out
clear responsibilities for tech companies to keep UK citizens safe.</p><p>In addition,
the Home Secretary has been clear with industry that they should be proactive in combatting
child sexual exploitation online, including grooming. As part of this commitment he
co-hosted a Hackathon in November in the USA, where he met leading industry stakeholders
to identify robust ways to tackle and prevent child sexual abuse on the internet.</p><p>A
prototype tool was developed at the Hackathon that can be used to automatically flag
potential conversations taking place between child groomers and children, which will
be licensed free of charge to smaller and medium-sized technology companies worldwide.</p>
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