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Your ideas have the power to transform how we detect, disrupt, and prevent online child sexual exploitation and abuse (OCSEA). At Hac’KP, we champion collaboration, innovation, and ethical design in the fight for online safety. In partnership with the Kerala Police Cyberdome, we bring together law enforcement and technology experts to tackle some of the most critical challenges in the digital space.
Whether you're a developer, student, or researcher, this is your opportunity to contribute to real-world solutions that make a lasting, meaningful impact.
Crowdsource Clues. Protect Privacy. Empower Justice.
Help build a secure, privacy-first platform that enables law enforcement agencies in Kerala to engage the public in solving child exploitation cases—without compromising victim safety or investigation integrity. Inspired by Europol’s “Trace an Object” initiative, this platform will allow authorities to share non-identifiable visual clues—such as objects, backgrounds, or locations—extracted from CSAM-related investigations. These carefully curated images will be anonymized to protect all identities involved. By inviting the public to recognize and provide insights on these clues, we can significantly extend investigative reach through crowdsourced intelligence—while upholding the highest standards of privacy and trust.
- Harness AI-driven segmentation and object detection to automatically sanitize images and videos.
- Guarantee comprehensive privacy protection for all content shared publicly.
- Facilitate secure public tip submissions with intelligent backend case correlation and deconfliction.
- Streamline reporting workflows through automation, minimizing manual effort for law enforcement.
Evolve Grapnel into a Powerful Tool for Online Safety
Transform Grapnel from a dark web crawler into a comprehensive platform for detecting, reporting, and supporting the takedown of CSAM and other harmful content across the web. Grapnel has already demonstrated its value in scanning the dark web for illicit material. The next step is to expand its capabilities—turning it into a proactive, end-to-end solution for identifying threats and assisting law enforcement in real time.
- Accept and manage reports of harmful content from the public and trusted partners.
- Leverage AI to generate accurate, standardized tags based on global CSAM classification schemas.
- Perform image-based crawling with real-time alerts triggered by matches to known CSAM hashes.
- Automate takedown workflows by pinpointing platforms and services hosting illegal content.
- Offer powerful APIs and plugin frameworks for seamless integration with tools like Katalyst and Griffeye.
- Deliver instant alerts to investigators and systems via secure webhooks or encrypted email.