Better Internet for Kids

The reporting platform Point de Contact (part of the French Safer Internet Centre) has published its 2023 annual report on the volume of reports received and processed as well as on the trends observed in cybercrime. This report is also an opportunity to highlight the work carried out throughout the year 2023: activities, projects and awareness-raising.

Here are some key figures: 

This report follows a 10-week collective campaign led by Droit Pluriel, Génération Numérique, #jesuislà, Point de Contact, Respect Zone, and SOS Racisme.

This joint effort aimed to prevent, contain, document, and combat online hate. Through this report, these NGOs share their analyses concerning the proliferation of hateful content on the Internet. It adopts a holistic approach to address the wide range of issues related to the rise in hate speech, particularly online.

The reporting platform Point de Contact (part of the French Safer Internet Centre) has published its 2024 annual report on the volume of reports received and processed as well as on the trends observed in cybercrime. This report is also an opportunity to highlight the work carried out throughout the year 2024: activities, projects, developing partnerships, awareness-raising and strengthening its institutional positioning in France and abroad.

Here are some key figures: 

What if things start to get “complicated” in a shared chat, like in your classroom? Is it appropriate to tell someone else, or is it better to keep quiet? Revealing does not mean betraying.

Point de Contact (part of the French Safer Internet Centre) provides the public with this practical guide on child sexual abuse material (CSAM) (in French: "Les contenus d’exploitation sexuelle de mineurs").

Point de Contact (part of the French Safer Internet Centre) provides the public with the practical guide "Grooming".

This resource provides a legal definition of grooming, based on three specific articles of the French Criminal Code that prohibit this practice, the sexual solicitation of a child by an adult. It also informs readers about the various situations that fall under this form of cyberviolence, as well as the methods commonly used by predators.

Point de Contact (part of the French Safer Internet Centre) provides the public with this practical guide on revenge porn.

Point de Contact (part of the French Safer Internet Centre) provides this practical guide on sextortion ("La sextorsion" in French).

This resource defines sextortion - a form of sexual blackmail often carried out using intimate or sexual images of the victim - based on the various articles of the French Penal Code prohibiting and punishing this type of practice.

Point de Contact (part of the French SIC) provides the public with the practical guide "Incitement to hate, violence, or discrimination online (race, religion, gender, LGTBQI+)".

This resource provides the legal definition of content that provokes discrimination, hatred, or violence against a person or group of people because of their origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or because of their membership or non-membership in an ethnic group, nation, race, or religion.

Point de Contact (part of the French SIC) provides the public with the practical guide "Incitement to and advocacy of terrorism" (in French: Provocation et apologie du terrorisme). 

This resource provides the legal definition of content that advocates for terrorism online or incites to commit terrorist acts, based on the article of the French Penal Code that punishes these practices.