{"ID":3083747,"CreatedAt":"2026-06-05T06:46:15.197025399Z","UpdatedAt":"2026-06-07T07:39:45.869976485Z","DeletedAt":null,"paper_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.06126","arxiv_id":"2606.06126","title":"Deterring Searches for Child Sexual Abuse Material on Google Search and Promoting Help-Seeking","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 queries within the same Search session. We found an average click through rate of 0.73% on any of the hyperlinked buttons to help-providing resources. Together, this research presents convergent evidence that a subset of individuals can be deterred from ongoing CSAM-seeking and redirected to therapeutic services.","short_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 fo...","url_abs":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.06126","url_pdf":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.06126v1","authors":"[\"Rebecca Umbach\",\"Griffin Hunt\",\"John Buckley\",\"Joel Scanlan\",\"Caoilte Ó Ciardha\",\"Ethel Quayle\",\"Ainslie Heasman\",\"Maximlian von Heyden\",\"Elizabeth Letourneau\",\"Donald Findlater\",\"Tegan Insoll\",\"Richard Wortley\",\"Chad Steel\",\"Abhishek Roy\"]","published":"2026-06-04T13:13:30Z","proceeding":"cs.HC","tasks":"[\"cs.HC\",\"cs.CY\"]","methods":"[]","has_code":false}