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Point de Contact - Report on child sexual exploitation and digital outreach
  • Resource
  • French Safer Internet Centre
  • 05 August 2026

Point de Contact and Fondation Droit d'Enfance (PARÉ programme) have published a joint report on how child sexual exploitation has shifted toward digital spaces, and on "digital outreach" practices used to reach at-risk minors online. Drawing on a study group of field associations and researchers, the report puts forward ten recommendations for a structured public response.

Four aligned boxes of increasing height and different colours with the writing "Knowledge hub: Rules and guidelines".
  • Rule and guideline
  • conduct-related issues, cyberbullying, well-being

The Violence Prevention Agreement covers the prevention and combating of various forms of interpersonal violence. The main focus is on violence against children, while new topics include violence against the elderly and mental violence. Hate crimes, which have received less attention so far, have also been addressed to some extent.

  • Estonia

  • Implemented 2021 - 2025
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
  • Learning corner
  • BIK Team
  • 30 January 2026

Children and young people enjoy chatting and connecting with other people online. This can lead to friendships and even romantic relationships for some young people. As children get older, many will naturally be curious about their sexuality and explore this in their relationships. However, technology can sometimes introduce risks into this exploration. Sexting is one example of this.
cover of the brochure 'Sexuality, Violence, and Digital Media'
  • Resource
  • Austrian Safer Internet Centre
  • 21 November 2025

Sexuality and sexual violence online are relevant topics for educational professionals, not least because children and young people are often subjected to sexual harassment online. This makes it all the more important to have competent professionals available to answer questions on sexual topics and educate about risks, as well as provide support in cases of sexual violence. This handbook provides support in this area.

Point de Contact – Annual Report 2024
  • Resource
  • French Safer Internet Centre
  • 31 July 2025

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: 

« Revenge porn » – Practical Guide, Point de Contact
  • Resource
  • French Safer Internet Centre
  • 29 July 2025

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

Poster for young people about sexual harassment, explaining how to defend yourself against it.
  • Resource
  • Austrian Safer Internet Centre
  • 23 July 2025

The poster on sexual harassment online informs young people about typical behavior of perpetrators and encourages them to defend themselves against sexual harassment on the internet. It explains what victims can do and lists contact points in case of problems.

Four aligned boxes of increasing height and different colours with the writing "Knowledge hub: Rules and guidelines".
  • Rule and guideline
  • e-crime, love/relationships/sexuality (online), sexual harassment, sexuality (online)

This report provides a summary of the government's main actions in the period 2021 to 2023 to combat gender-based violence, reforms in the handling of sexual offences in the justice system and the strengthening of prevention and education against sexual and gender-based violence and harassment. These included  reviewing and amending legislation, with action plans in the form of Parliamentary Resolutions, with increased budget appropriations earmarked for these issues, for example, to the police, and grants to various organisations working on these issues.

  • Iceland

  • Implemented 2021 - 2023
  • 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
  • cyberbullying, NCSII (non-consensual sharing of intimate images)

The Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020, also known as Coco’s Law, was signed into law by the President on the 28th December 2020 and was commenced in full on the 10th February 2021. The Act amended the law relating to harassment, specifically section 10 of the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997, the Bail Act 1997 and the Domestic Violence Act 2018. It provides for offences in relation to the recording, distribution or publication of intimate images without consent, as well as providing for the anonymity of victims of these offences.

  • Ireland

  • Implemented 2020 - Ongoing
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
deSHAME Croatia
  • Resource
  • Croatian Safer Internet Centre
  • 07 April 2025

The purpose of the research is to deepen knowledge about the risky behaviours of high school students in the online environment and to find out how much they are exposed to harmful content and sexual harassment in the online environment.


The material contains a presentation with the preliminary results of the deSHAME research in Croatia in English. 2016 high school students from all over Croatia participated in the research.

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