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Michael Salter
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Professor of Criminology | Director of the @Childlight_ East Asia and Pacific Hub @UNSW
Sydney, New South Wales
unsw.academia.edu/MichaelSalter
Joined September 2012
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    Michael Salter
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    May 4
    Our systematic review and meta-analysis of anonymous self-report data on child sexual abuse perpetration in the general population now published in Trauma, Violence and Abuse.
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    Michael Salter
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    Aug 6
    As part of the next Australian child sexual abuse Action Plan, we are calling for a national grooming prevention program - to disrupt the ways that offenders manipulate children’s attachment systems and neutralise protective adults linkedin.com/posts/michael-…
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    RAINN
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    Aug 6
    As a teenager, Michelle Denault was groomed and sexually abused by one of her high school teachers. She recalls: "My teacher had a motorcycle, and I LOVED him. I really thought, ‘This is love.’ He didn’t have to use fear to get to me; my biggest fear was losing the
    "When a child is groomed to 'fall in love' with their abuser, they don't think they're experiencing abuse. But it IS abuse." – Michelle Denault, survivor & public speaker
    "Imagine realizing that your 'great love story' was actually manipulation & abuse." – Michelle Denault, survivor & public speaker
    "It's up to us to recognize the signs, report abuse, & ensure kids are safe to grow & thrive." – Michelle Denault, survivor & public speaker
    Get help, info, and resources, 24/7/365 from RAINN's National Sexual Assault Hotline. Text "HOPE" to 64673 or visit RAINN.org/hotline.
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    Michael Salter
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    Aug 5
    I think often about Frigga Haug’s 2001 paper where she describes the child sex offender as the ultimate neoliberal hero - with the deregulation of markets, his sexual interests can be openly courted by the private sector, commercialised and commodified. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…
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    Tech Transparency Project
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    Aug 5
    TTP alerted @WIRED to over 50 image and video ads containing AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) that we discovered in Meta's ad library. We also reported the ads—which made no effort to hide what they were promoting—to @NCMEC. wired.com/story/meta-ran…
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    Michael Salter
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    Jul 30
    Telegram is a blight. A cesspit of child sexual exploitation. Good on ⁦@eSafetyOffice⁩ 👍
    julie inman grant speaks at a press conference
    Online watchdog takes Telegram to court over terrorism videos
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    Michael Salter
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    Jul 26
    ““We still have increasing sexual violence across Australia. We still have 10-year-olds on waiting lists for rape crisis counselling. And there are still people who can never, and will never, be able to access a service.” - ⁦@rachael_burgin⁩
    Exclusive: Labor’s action plan ignores sexual violence
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