Co-fundedBy theEuropean Union

INHOPEThe International Association of Internet Hotlines

BDT/ITU

Odessa Ukraine 6th – 8th April 2011

Adrian Dwyer Executive Director

"The project is co-funded by the European Union, through the Safer Internet plus programme"Visit: http://ec.europa.eu/saferinternet

Co-fundedBy theEuropean Union

Co-fundedBy theEuropean Union

Our Mission

The mission of the INHOPE Association is to support and enhance the performance of Internet Hotlines around the World, ensuring swift action is taken in responding to reports of illegal content to make the Internet a safer place

Co-fundedBy theEuropean Union

Co-fundedBy theEuropean Union

Who is INHOPE?

• INHOPE was founded in 1999 under the European Commission’s Safer Internet Action Plan to combat these growing concerns

• INHOPE represents and co-ordinates the global network of 39 Internet Hotlines in 34Countries, supporting them in their fight against illegal content to make the Internet safer

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INHOPE Members

Australia ACMA 1999 Austria Stopline 1999 Belgium Child Focus 2001Bosnia & Herzegovina IFS-Emmaus 2010 Bulgaria ARC Fund 2006 Canada cybertip.ca 2005 Chinese Taipei ECPAT Taiwan 2005 Cyprus CNTI 2008 Czech Republic Our Child Foundation 2007Czech Republic CZI – Horka LinkaDenmark Red Barnet 2002 Finland STC Finland 2002 France AFA 1999 Germany ECO 1999 Germany FSM 1999 Germany jugendschutz.net 1999 Greece SafeNet 2004 Hungary MATISZ 2005 Iceland Barnaheill 2001 Ireland ISPAI 1999 Italy HOT 114 2006

Italy STC Italy 2003 Japan Internet Association Japan

2007 Latvia Secretarial of Special

Assignments Minister for Electronic Government

Affairs 2008 Lithuania Communications Regulatory

Authority of the Republic of Lithuania 2008

Luxembourg LISA Stopline 2008Netherlands Meldpunt 1999 Poland NASK 2006 Portugal FCCN 2007 Russia Friendly RuNET Foundation

2009Russia ROCIT 2009Slovenia Spletno Oko 2007 South Africa Film Publication Board 2009South Korea KISCOM 2003 Spain Protegeles 2002United Kingdom Internet Watch Foundation

1999 United States of Cybertipline 1999America

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Internet Hotlines• National contact point for the public to report illegal content on the

Internet

• Illegality of the reported sites is investigated by trained professional analysts

• Origin of the illegal sites is traced

• Information concerning the illegal site is passed to the member Hotline in the country of origin

• Hotline in the country of origin informs the national law enforcement agency

• Law enforcement procedures in national and international level

• Internet Service Provider contacted by the Law Enforcement or the Hotline – depending on the national agreement

• INHOPE best practice standards

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INHOPE Goals

• To expand the network of INHOPE members

• Informing policy makers, particularly at the international level

• To raise awareness of INHOPE and member Hotlines as a single point of contact for global reports if illegal content

• Reduce duplication of reports passed to Law Enforcement • Provides a global view of the problem related to the images

of child sexual abuse

• More relevant information for developing strategies to tackle the problem To identify new trends in cyber crime and solutions

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Strategic Alliances

• Governments and Government Bodies– EC, National Governments, UN, OSCE, Council of Europe

• Law Enforcement Agencies– Local law enforcement, INTERPOL, Europol, VGT, EFC, Circamp

• Child Welfare and Rights Groups– ECPAT, Save the Children, Childnet

• Industry– EuroISPA, Internet industry, financial industry

• Safer Internet Projects– INSAFE, eNACSO, EU Kids Online

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International Cooperation

• Illegal activity on the Internet is a cross border problem

• Often material reported to Hotlines is hosted beyond the borders of their own country

• International Network of verified/nationally recognised Hotlines

• Internet Hotlines have proven to be an effective first line of defence against illegal activity online

• INHOPE is a single point of contact for global reports of illegal content

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INHOPE URL DatabaseAnnual statistics 2010

• INHOPE URL Database - operational Jan 2010 - currently 27 Countries are entering data.

• INHOPE Hotlines received over 24,000 reports of Child Pornography in 2010

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Reports of illegal content

Commercial – Non Commercial URLs

Illegal content

44%

1%1%2%

23%

29%

CP Other Porn Extreme Racism Other illegal

Breakdown by Category 2010

Non-Commercial78%

Commercial22%

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Reports of illegal content

Commercial – Non Commercial URLs

Illegal content

44%

1%1%2%

23%

29%

CP Other Porn Extreme Racism Other illegal

Breakdown by Age Group 2010Infant, 4%

Pre-Pubescent, 71%

Pubescent, 25%

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Reports of illegal content

Commeral – Non Commercial URLs

Breakdown by Age Group 2010Infant, 4%

Pre-Pubescent, 71%

Pubescent, 25%

Illegal content

44%

1%1%2%

23%

29%

CP Other Porn Extreme Racism Other illegal

Breakdown by Gender 2010

Female77%

Male11%

Both12%

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Countries Saying No to Illegal Content

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Co-fundedBy theEuropean Union

Contact Details

Adrian Dwyer

Executive Director

Email: adrian.dwyer@inhope.orgTel: +31 (0) 20 570 0296

Mobile: +44 (0) 7585 973890