Case Study: Thorn accelerates real-time victim identification with SingleStore

Thorn Frees Up Resources with SingleStore Managed Service to Identify Trafficked Children Faster

Thorn, an organization dedicated to defending children from sexual abuse, faced the immense challenge of accelerating the process of identifying victims from massive amounts of online data. Their custom solution for image recognition was too slow, causing critical delays in investigations. They partnered with SingleStore to find a real-time technology solution that could keep pace with the distribution of abusive materials.

By implementing SingleStore, Thorn was able to insert and query new data vectors in real time, dramatically accelerating its image recognition workflow. This partnership with SingleStore provided a faster, scalable platform that reduced investigation time by 53% in 2022, enabling law enforcement to act more quickly and leading to the identification of over 27,000 child victims.

Thorn

Peter Parente

Data Engineer