2026 Winners and Nominees

The winners of the 2026 Excellence in Global Online Protection Awards were announced at IPPPRI26 on Tuesday 9 June 2026.

Winners and nominees are below. Congratulations to all our nominees and winners!

  • Sarah Barnbrook, Away from Keyboard Inc.
  • Sarah Blight
  • Professor Warren Binford, University of Colorado School of Law and School of Medicine
  • British High Commission Islamabad's Cooperation on Serious Crime Programme, FCOD
  • DC Caroline Knight, Northamptonshire Police
  • Micha Liberty, Libery Law Inc
  • James Marsh, Marsh Law Firm
  • Chad Meli, International Police Protection Alliance
  • The National Centre for VAWG and Public Protection Analytical Team
  • Project Intercept, Lucy Faithfull Foundation
  • Safeguard, Securium
  • Dr Joel Scanlan, CSAM Deterence Centre
  • Uma Subramanian, RATI Foundation for Social Change
  • Kay Wallace, NPCC Hydrant Programme

This award recognises an individual who has demonstrated exceptional and inspirational leadership in their efforts to tackle the global threat of online child sexual abuse.

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Deborah Denis, Lucy Faithfull Foundation

This award recognises an individual or organisation that has carried out research that has had a direct impact on improving the global response to tackling online harms.

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Professor Deborah Fry, Childlight

This award recognises an individual or project that has made a clear impact on operational activities to tackle online child sexual abuse.

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Alex Bromley, Surrey Police

This award recognises a technological innovation, designed to support the protection of children from exploitation online.

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Essex Police Media and Communications Team & BT / EE

This award recognises a project, campaign or initiative, that has demonstrated an exceptional commitment to supporting victims of online child sexual abuse.

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ASCEND, Marie Collins Foundation

This award recognises an individual or project that has made a major contribution towards tackling global online harms in the last 12 months.

Winner

Scott Anderson, INTERPOL

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Professor Derek Perkins, Royal Holloway University of London and West London NHS Trust