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This paper presents the findings from a symposium in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in June 2024. Children\u2019s mental health and child welfare practitioners, researchers, policymakers, child advocates, law enforcement professionals, and community members with lived experience came together to explore the current state of knowledge, policy, and practice related to technologically-assisted child sex trafficking and exploitation and gaps in responses to child victims. Using thematic analysis, we identified two overarching themes. <jats:italic>Sector-Specific Roles &amp;amp; Challenges<\/jats:italic> highlights the roles, challenges, and gaps across five key stakeholder domains. <jats:italic>Cross-Sector Imperatives<\/jats:italic> underscores the institutional, survivor-, and child-led leadership required to move beyond silos. 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