At this year’s TS Forum, Tech Against Terrorism, in partnership with the Trust & Safety Forum, hosted a series of workshops on the Hybridisation of Online Threats.
Across three interactive sessions, we brought together subject matter experts, policymakers, NGOs, and platforms to address how distinct harms - terrorist and violent extremist content (TVEC), child sexual abuse material (CSAM), image-based sexual abuse (IBSA), disinformation, and the misuse of AI - are increasingly intersecting online.
Participants agreed that this hybridisation demands an equally hybrid, rights-respecting, and survivor-informed response.
This post-event white paper details findings and recommendations to help drive further research and policymaking in this crucial space.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Hybrid online threats require cross-sectoral cooperation and regulatory coherence.
- AI offers opportunities for threat detection but also raises urgent ethical safeguards.
- Survivor voices must be central in policy, technology, and content moderation design.
- Building shared infrastructures for signal and information sharing is essential.
- Collaboration between large and small platforms is critical to ensure effective and inclusive responses.
We are grateful to all participants for their contributions.
