Julie Cordua

thumb|Julie Cordua Julie Cordua is an American entrepreneur serving as the chief executive officer and executive director of Thorn since 2012, and previously serving as the vice president of marketing at (RED). Quotes In 2018, the United States saw millions of reported instances of child sexual exploitation on the internet. Many of these harrowing stories have escaped public notice Ashton Kutcher's nonprofit wants to abolish child sex abuse on the internet with backing from a $280 million TED-sponsored fund,17 April 2019 Ooh, if we could use marketing skills to change the way people in the world have access to antiretroviral treatment for HIV, that’s incredible. That’s incredible things I could do with my talent Let’s take all of those skills, all the best skills from all types of society and put them towards an issue. What could be done What are the right words, when do I talk about something How do we help parents start that conversation, approach their children with curiosity in this space with safety and really reducing shame, removing the shame from the conversation Hey, if this happens, know that you can reach. I’m going to help you no matter what. And you’re not going to be in trouble. We’re going to talk about this. I’m here for you These are conversations to have before you give the phone when you give a phone every week after you give a phone What do you enjoy doing online? Show me how you build your Minecraft world. What games are you playing I’m curious about your online life, what do you want to learn online? What are you exploring? Who are your friends? Talk about that for 10 minutes and have one minute be about, Have you encountered anything that made you uncomfortable today Clean your training set, make sure there’s no child sexual go material before you train your models on data. If you have a generative image or video model, use detection tools at upload and output to make sure that people can’t upload abuse material and that you’re not producing abuse material our work is philanthropically funded, so it’s a hard issue to talk about, we talked about that, and I really do think those who join in this fight are brave to take this on, because it’s a hard issue and we’ve got an uphill battle, but it is our donors and our partners who make it possible Ending Online Child Exploitation: A Conversation with Thorn CEO Julie Cordua and Carol Cone,26 February 2025 A world where every child can simply be a kid—where they can live connected lives without being sexually exploited or revictimized Thorn CEO Julie Cordua: My vision for 2022,6 January 2022 External Links Category:Living people Category:Chief executive officers Category:Businesswomen from the United States