Thorn
Non-profit building technology to defend children from sexual abuse, and the maker of Safer.
Also trades as Safer, Safer by Thorn
About Thorn
Thorn is a child safety nonprofit that creates technology, conducts original research, and builds partnerships to combat child sexual abuse. It equips technology companies with solutions to help stop the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and reduce revictimization. It also develops victim identification tools to help investigators find child victims faster.
Thorn started its work in 2012. Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore are its co-founders. Julie Cordua is its CEO. Thorn has more than 20,000 donors and more than 85 employees. It has 86 Safer customers, and 1,046 law enforcement agencies use its tools. Its victim identification tools are used in 40 countries.
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Open jobs
From Thorn's own job board.
Thorn · M5 · Remote, US
$188k – $302k
Thorn · P3 · Remote, US
$79k – $109k
Thorn · P4 · Remote, US
$171k – $236k
Pay
USD $79,000 – $302,450
across 3 of 3 open jobs
- Senior IC
- USD $79,000 – $235,750
Locations
Their tools
In Tools & Services. Listed, not recommended.
Safe Space
Thorn's John Starr talks with the people working to make the internet safer, and how they got into it.
Ernest Farmer: What it takes to build T&S teams
October 6, 2026
TrustCon Roundtable: Telling trust & safety’s story
September 1, 2026
Marc Leone: Moderation challenges for visual platforms
July 7, 2026
Alice Hunsberger: The need for checks and balances
June 2, 2026
Dr. Rachel Kowert: Why gaming moderation is different
May 12, 2026
Recently
From Thorn's own newsroom feed and from the hiring team.
OpenAI Forum: Using AI to Protect Children OnlineFrom their feed
In a recent OpenAI Forum conversation, Julie Cordua and OpenAI’s Chelsea Carlson discussed how the scale and complexity of online harm continue to grow and have outpaced purely human moderation. […] The post OpenAI Forum: Using AI to Protect Children Online appeared first on Thorn .
October 8, 2026
Bringing critical child safety conversations to Capitol HillFrom their feed
Technology keeps changing, with every new evolution creating opportunities for misuse to harm young people. The systems made to protect children need to keep up. That concern recently brought Thorn […] The post Bringing critical child safety conversations to Capitol Hill appeared first on Thorn .
September 23, 2026
When every moment matters, Context Labels help accelerate child safetyFrom their feed
A child sexual abuse investigator might face upwards of 30,000 cases in a year. With each of those cases potentially involving thousands of electronic files, identifying abusive material is a […] The post When every moment matters, Context Labels help accelerate child safety appeared first on Thorn .
September 22, 2026
2026 mid-year update: Advancing child safetyFrom their feed
Protecting children in the digital age is an ongoing effort. In the first half of 2026, Thorn and our partners made meaningful progress. Together, we expanded child safety technology and […] The post 2026 mid-year update: Advancing child safety appeared first on Thorn .
August 11, 2026
Young people are turning to AI after online harm: Youth Perspectives Survey 2025.From their feed
Technology changes quickly, and young people typically experience these changes first. Each year, Thorn’s Youth Perspectives survey helps us understand how young people navigate their online environment. AI chatbots and […] The post Young people are turning to AI after online harm: Youth Perspectives Survey 2025. appeared first on Thorn .
July 31, 2026
Why Thorn Supports the STOP CSAM ActFrom their feed
Today, the scale of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online is staggering. In 2025 alone, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) received over 21 million reports of […] The post Why Thorn Supports the STOP CSAM Act appeared first on Thorn .
July 27, 2026