Welcome to chat compAnIon
In today's digital age, the safety of our children online is facing unprecedented challenges. Described by the New York Times as "AN INDUSTRY WITHOUT AN ANSWER," the landscape is fraught with dangers. With over 500,000 online predators active daily, the prevalence of child grooming and predatory behavior poses a significant threat to our children's well-being.
Our Mission
At chat compAnIon, our mission is to revolutionize online safety for children in the face of a rapidly evolving digital landscape. Fueled by cutting-edge AI technology, we stand as a vigilant guardian against the pervasive threat of online predators. Our commitment is unwavering: to empower parents with real-time insights and proactive alerts, transforming gaming chat rooms into havens of security. Through relentless innovation and a steadfast dedication to safeguarding young lives, we strive to redefine the paradigm of online protection. With Chat CompAnIon, every child's digital journey is safeguarded, ensuring their online experiences are as secure as they are enriching.
Meet the Team
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Courtney Mazzulla
Julian Rippert
Karsyn Lee
Sunny Shin
Raymond Tang
Leon Gutierrez
Product
Technical Approach
Datasets
| Dataset | Sources | # Grooming conversations | # Non-grooming conversations | # Total conversations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAN12 train | Perverted Justice (True positives), IRC logs (True negatives), Omegle (False positives) | 2,015 | 65,992 | 68,007 |
| PAN12 test | Perverted Justice (True positives), IRC logs (True negatives), Omegle (False positives) | 3,723 | 153,262 | 156,985 |
| PJZC | Perverted Justice (True positives) | 1,104 | 0 | 1,104 |
- PAN12:
- Put together as part of a 2012 competition to analyze sexual predators and identify high risk text.
- PJZC:
- Milon-Flores and Cordeiro put together PJZC using the same method as PAN12, but with newer data. Because PAN12-train was already imbalanced, we decided to use just the grooming conversations for training.
- NOTE: There is no overlap between PAN12 and PJZC; PJZC conversations from the Perverted Justice are from 2013-2014.
Bert-CNN-Neural Network Overview
Bert-CNN-Neural Network Accuracy and Performance
| Model: compAnIonv1 | |
|---|---|
| Metric | Value |
| Precision (label=1) | 0.3900 |
| Recall (label=1) | 0.9500 |
| F1 (label=1) | 0.5500 |
| F-beta3 (label=1) | 0.8281 |
Other Resources
Local Law Enforcement
- If your child is at risk, please call 911 or your local police department immediately.
- Contact your local child protection services to report grooming.
CyberTipline
- Report Online Exploitation through National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)
- CyberTipline can be contacted 24/7. Call at 1-800-THE-LOST or contact CyberTipline.org
- Specially trained analysts will process that report and make it available to the appropriate law enforcement agency.
Take it Down
- Take It Down helps remove images or videos.
- Free service that can help remove or stop the online sharing of nude, partially nude or sexually explicit images or videos taken of children. The users can remain anonymous while using the service.
- Take It Down works with public or unencrypted online platforms that have agreed to participate.
Team HOPE
- Team HOPE provides support, empowerment and resource to family of missing or exploited children.
- Call 866-305-HOPE(4673)
- Help people in crisis with a missing, sexually exploited, or recovered child as they handle the day-to-day issues of coping and/or searching for their child.
- Help provide peer and emotional support, compassion, coping tools and empowerment to people who have or were missing, sexually exploited, and recovered or located children.
Child Sexual Abuse Matrial (CSAM)
- Child Sexual Abuse Material(CSAM): Resources for therapies and attorneys.
- Call 866-305-HOPE(4673)
- Locate and connect to specially trained mental health professionals who work with families and survivors through our Family Advocacy Outreach Network. FAON is international in scope and provides therapeutic services within local communities. For help locating a therapist or an attorney, contact gethelp@ncmec.org or 1-877-446-2632 ext. 6117.
- A child whose sexually exploitative photos or videos are shared online has a legal right to seek monetary restitution from all offenders who create, share, or possess these images/videos. Because the process to seek monetary restitution is complex and often confusing, it may be helpful for you to have an attorney when you navigate the legal system.
