The STOP-CSAM (Scalable Technology for Online Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Child Sexual Abuse Materials) project presents a complimentary and confidential online intervention platform. This platform offers real-time text-based chat sessions with professional therapists.

STOP-CSAM aims to:

• Address the problem of online child sexual abuse material by reaching potential offenders and redirecting them to a preventive online intervention
• Implement an appointment-based interactive chat service operated by qualified therapists in multiple languages to help individuals manage non-offending behaviour.
• Evaluate and share outcomes with stakeholders, leading to a scalable causer-oriented concept to prevent offending and safeguard victims from the consequences of these actions.

Consortium Partners:

1. Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Portugal) The Department of Education and Psychology has experience in researching sexual behaviours in juvenile sexual violence, aggression behaviour and conduct disorders and has carried out successful projects on the topics of interventions with juvenile sex offenders and digital platforms for violence prevention.
2. Technische Universität Berlin (Germany) is one of the four universities in Berlin and the only one dedicated to engineering and technology. It participates in this project through its Quality and Usability Lab (QU Lab), an integral part of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. The Quality and Usability Lab covers research on the quality and usability of information and communication technology, speech- and language-based and multimodal interfaces. e.g. for interactive AI-driven systems. Other research areas are mobile interaction techniques, audio and video signal analysis, and applications ranging from eLearning to security and privacy preservation.
3. Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (Spain) The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences leads translational research at UIC. The group includes psychiatrists, psychologists, physicians, and statisticians. The lead researchers have published over 200 articles and been involved in over 20 funded research projects. Their expertise includes forensic psychiatry, epidemiology of mental health and research methodology.
4. Národní ústav duševního zdraví (Czechia) is a neuroscientific research and education facility and a reference institution for the field of mental health. The Center for Sexual Health and Interventions conducts multidisciplinary research in sexology and introduces knowledge and procedures based on scientific findings into clinical and forensic practice. The centre also guarantees services and interventions for people who suffer from their sexuality, e.g. a project called ‘Paraphile’, National Crisis Line for Sexology, or a project called ‘Trans E-Health’.