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Cartoon boy smiling with open arms. Text says: “You can talk to me! Whatever it is, we are here for you.”
  • Resource
  • Greek Safer Internet Centre
  • 16 October 2025

The Greek Safer Internet Centre has launched "Your Safe Place", an innovative online platform designed especially for children and teenagers. Its mission is to strengthen safety, confidence, and responsible internet use by offering a friendly space where young people can find support, guidance, and a voice.

The platform stands out thanks to its simple design, easy-to-understand language, interactive tools, and visual content. It helps children and teenagers to:

Four aligned boxes of increasing height and different colours with the writing "Knowledge hub: Rules and guidelines".
  • Rule and guideline
  • cyberbullying

The Estonian Ministry of the Interior in its Internal Security Development Plan 2025-2028 has identified the prevention of child sexual abuse online as a separate action. To prevent cyberbullying and online child sexual abuse, activities have been developed and implemented to raise awareness and digital literacy among children and parents, and to develop the skills of professionals in this field. These activities are carried out through an ISF-funded project and in cooperation with the Estonian Police and Border Guard Board.

(Source: Estonia - Policy monitor country profile, 2025)

  • Estonia

  • Implemented 2025 - 2028
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
Child Sexual Abuse Material – Practical Guide, Point de Contact
  • Resource
  • French Safer Internet Centre
  • 30 July 2025

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").

Four aligned boxes of increasing height and different colours with the writing "Knowledge hub: Rules and guidelines".
  • Rule and guideline
  • online sexual coercion and extortion of children

The Prevention and Combating of Sexual Abuse and Sexual Exploitation of Children and Child Pornography Law of Cyprus (Law 91(I)/2014) establishes a comprehensive legal framework to prevent, suppress, and combat sexual offences against children, including sexual abuse, exploitation, child pornography, and solicitation for sexual purposes. It also addresses issues related to safeguarding children in digital spaces.

(Source: Website; Cyprus - Policy monitor country profile, 2025)

 

  • Cyprus

  • Implemented 2014 - Ongoing
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
Four aligned boxes of increasing height and different colours with the writing "Knowledge hub: Rules and guidelines".
  • Rule and guideline
  • content-related issues, cybersecurity, Internet usage, practices and engagement, policy and regulation

The Strategy covers laws and other actions to fight child sexual abuse both online and offline. It covers stopping this crime from happening in the first place, helping its victims access comprehensive assistance and supporting law enforcement. A new centre will coordinate these different strands.

  • Implemented 2020 - Ongoing
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
Two teenage guys with mobile phones standing towards each other looking content.
  • Resource
  • ECPAT Sweden the Swedish hotline, Swedish Safer Internet Centre
  • 16 January 2025

The program of the summit features new knowledge on children’s lives online and information on the support that the organisations behind the Safer Internet Centre Sweden offer. The program includes The Swedish Agency for the Media’s presentation of three new reports where children and young people’s media use and health, relation to influencers and girls with neuropsyciatric disabilities and online behaviour are examined. There is also a presentation of the Digital Services Act, DSA, from a senior expert of the European Commission. 

Three young boys looking at a mobile phone screen.
  • Resource
  • ECPAT Sweden the Swedish hotline
  • 15 January 2025

Sammanfattning:

I Ecpats rapport om pojkars perspektiv på jämställdhet framkommer oroande attityder när det gäller jämställdhet och makt i samhället. Många pojkar anser att flickor bär ansvaret för sin sexuella utsatthet och de tycker att jämställdhetsarbetet har gått för långt. Dessa åsikter förekommer även bland yngre pojkar.

English summary: 

Human hand on computer mouse in a cyberverse with internet icons.
  • Resource
  • ECPAT Sweden the Swedish hotline
  • 13 January 2025

English Summary:

Sexual exploitation of children is a serious and globally widespread crime that can manifest in many ways, including through so-called livestreamed sexual abuse. To combat this, ECPAT Sweden’s Financial Coalition launched ”Project Indicators” with the long term goal of preventing payments for child sexual abuse.

Young girl sitting on a sofa, watching a mobile phone screen.
  • Resource
  • ECPAT Sweden the Swedish hotline
  • 13 January 2025

English Summary:

Ecpat's report "It’s seen as a hack" focuses on children's experiences and attitudes towards sugardating, where adults exploit children for the purchase of sexual services. The report makes it clear that the child's perspective is both crucial and necessary when designing support interventions.

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