Report: Hybridisation of Online Threats

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.