Child Safety

Client
Project Type
Overview
No matter the reason, sharing images or videos of child sexual abuse (CSAM) online has a devastating impact on the child depicted in that content. Every time that content is shared, it revictimizes that child.

Study Conducted by Meta Research 1

Meta Research found that more than 75% of the people reported for sharing child exploitative content did so out of outrage, poor humor, or disgust, with no apparent intention of harm.2

But every comment or share results in these images being spread further around the online community.3

We worked with Facebook and various safety experts on a campaign to educate users how to report this content and get it removed from the platform.

We designed the content to be modular, allowing agencies to localize the campaign by tailoring the scenes and translations to their audiences.

The toolkit we delivered consisted of 174 animations and 54 unique loops, with each scene's design informed by research into the lives of children in the target regions.

Since the campaign's debut, Facebook reported a significant increase in CSAM reports and education about child safety.4

  • Africa
    French
  • Algeria
    Arabic
  • Australia
    English
  • Bangladesh
    Bengali
  • Brazil
    Portuguese
  • Cambodia
    Khmer
  • India
    English
  • India
    Hindi
  • Indonesia
    Bahasa
  • Mexico
    Spanish
  • North America
    English
  • Pakistan
    Urdu
  • Philippines
    Tagalog
  • United Kingdom
    English
  • Vietnam
    Vietnamese
01

Color for Emotion

Color is a powerful communication tool and we used it to convey three moods.

Artwork developed for the Child Safety project.
Artwork developed for the Child Safety project.Artwork developed for the Child Safety project.

Casual State

Artwork developed for the Child Safety project.
Artwork developed for the Child Safety project.Artwork developed for the Child Safety project.

Shock Response

Artwork developed for the Child Safety project.
Artwork developed for the Child Safety project.Artwork developed for the Child Safety project.

Reward Response

02

Relatability in Design

The palettes used for people and scenery people were chosen to maximize empathetic responses across regions and cultures.

Colors developed for the Child Safety project.Colors developed for the Child Safety project.Colors developed for the Child Safety project.Colors developed for the Child Safety project.
03

Focused on Positivity

We avoided negative imagery in favor of motivating change by linking the positive step of content reporting with depictions of restoration and joy.

Artwork developed for the Child Safety project.
Artwork developed for the Child Safety project.
04

Regionally Inspired

The character designs were inspired by how children around the world play and interact positively with their environments.

Artwork developed for the Child Safety project.

Credits

Creative Director

Seth Eckert

Producer

Janet Tousseau

Lead Designer

Rommel Ruiz

Designer

Grace Poole

Lead Animator

Matt Jameson

Animator

Christian Rubio
Peter Cobo
Scott Jonsson

Composer and Sound Designer

Ambrose Yu