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Deterring Searches for Child Sexual Abuse Material on Google Search and Promoting Help-Seeking

arXiv:2606.06126v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Google Search deploys a "Onebox" feature at the top of the results page when users conduct searches for Child Sexual Abuse Material. This study evaluates the impact of a strategic shift in this feature, comparing a revised intervention, focused on repercussions and therapeutic resources, to a previous iteration that focused on reporting. Using a difference-in-differences analysis of internal Google Search logs data, we found the new messaging resulted in a 3.8 percentage point reduction as compared to the status quo in subsequent CSAM-related qu…

arXiv cs.HCPublished 2026-06-05Paper link

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