Jeffrey DeMarco

Senior Technical Advisor - Protecting Children from Digital Harm, Save the Children

Jeffrey DeMarco is a senior policy and insight professional and a chartered forensic psychologist. He leads the Safer Digital Childhood initiative for Save the Children. The majority of his operational, policy and insight work explores the intersection between psychology and technology. This has included work for the European Commission, enhancing the policing of online child sexual abuse; investigating youth justice systems and digital safety for UNICEF across the MENA region and eastern Africa, and establishing educational programmes for parents and young people focusing on digital literacy; and assessing secondary traumatic stress and vicarious trauma, as well as wellbeing amongst the wider trust and safety space. These have allowed for the development of expertise in the area, policy-wise and operationally.