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2020-10-28 grooming, love, relationships, sexuality (online), potentially harmful content, sexting, sextortion, sexual harassment BIK Team

Insafe and INHOPE meet to exchange on common areas of work

Today, the Insafe and INHOPE networks of European Safer Internet Centres (SICs) begin a two-day joint training meeting online. This event is an opportunity to facilitate sharing of experience and good practice between the two networks and to explore areas of common ground and opportunities for closer working between helplines, hotlines and awareness centres.

2020-09-30 Better Internet Centre, Ukrainian SIC+ programme participant

SIC+: focus on the activities of the Ukrainian National Child Toll-Free Hotline

In Ukraine, the National Child Toll-Free Hotline ("the Hotline") began its work on 1 January 2013. The work of the Hotline is managed by the civil society organisation (CSO) La Strada-Ukraine. This organisation is a partner of non-governmental organisation (NGO) Better Internet Centre from Ukraine, which joined the SIC+ programme in 2020.

2020-09-30 Red PaPaz, Colombian participant in the SIC+ pilot programme

Red PaPaz is building first Spanish-speaking Safer Internet Centre (SIC) in Latin America

Red PaPaz is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that encompasses a network of parents and caregivers since 2003 in Colombia. This network seeks to promote skills for the protection of Colombian children and adolescents' rights, through relevant actions based upon evidence and good practices.

2020-09-30 grooming INHOPE

Recognising child sexual abuse material (CSAM)

With September well underway, many of us are returning to more time spent on laptops and online. The INHOPE network of internet hotlines works hard to remove illegal content and to make sure that you and your children don't come across images and videos of child sexual abuse. To help in this fight, and to provide support in this back to school season, INHOPE wants to make sure that everyone is informed on what child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is and what kind of content should be reported. INHOPE also offers tips on how to avoid photos of children and young people ending up in the hands of predators.

2020-09-30 BIK Team

September 2020 BIK bulletin - Reaffirming BIK priorities through a range of actions

In recent months, digital technologies have been at the heart of the response to the coronavirus pandemic, enabling billions of people from a variety of generations or backgrounds to carry on with their daily lives and therefore to maintain – to some extent – a sense of normality throughout the crisis, whether to stay in touch with loved ones, to continue working, studying, creating and learning, or to participate in public debate, among other things. 

2020-09-04 FSM, the German hotline

FSM's role of self-regulation under NetzDG

The Voluntary Self-Regulation for Multimedia Service Providers (FSM), German hotline, was recognised by the Federal Office of Justice as the first institution of regulated self-regulation under the Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG) fulfilling the prerequisites of independence and proper transparent procedure.

2020-09-01 SafeLine, the Greek hotline

Investigating the dynamics of illegal online activity

In order to shed light on the operations of SafeLine and its seventeen years of successful operation as a member of INHOPE, the Greek Safer Internet Centre (SIC) has published a research paper about the power of reporting illegal activity online, the dark web and the related legislation. 

2020-08-31 ChildWebAlert, the Maltese hotline

Maltese hotline revamps online reporting system

ChildWebAlert, Malta's national online platform for the reporting of child sexual abuse material, has recently undergone a revamp. The refreshed site offers a more user-friendly experience and has been optimised for mobile devices.

2020-08-17 Belgian Safer Internet Centre

Belgian awareness centre releases 2019 annual report

In May 2020, Belgian awareness centre Child Focus published its annual report, a snapshot of the past year with trends and points for attention, and an opportunity to remember that Child Focus is not only the Foundation for Missing Children, but also for sexually exploited children. No effort is too much and, more than ever, the centre's attention remains focused on the most vulnerable young people. In this article, we look specifically at the results concerning online safety. 

2020-08-14 APLE Cambodia, the Cambodian Safer Internet Day (SID) Committee

APLE Cambodia trains national police on online child sexual abuse and exploitation

With information partly gained through INHOPE trainings, and with financial aid from Terre des Hommes and Bread for the World, APLE Cambodia hotline analysts have provided the Anti-Human Trafficking Police of Cambodia and the Department of Anti-Cybercrime with trainings related to the investigation of online crimes related to the sexual exploitation of children.