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Incest – Comic strips, Point de Contact
  • Resource
  • French Safer Internet Centre
  • 31 July 2025

The French hotline Point de Contact makes available to the public the comic strip "Max goes to his uncle's house" (in French: "Max va chez son oncle").

Point de Contact - Annual Report 2023
  • Resource
  • French Safer Internet Centre
  • 31 July 2025

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: 

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: 

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, cyberbullying

The National Programme for the Prevention of Violence and Abuse of Children 2023–2026, adopted in 2023, is a comprehensive programme, outlining strategies to combat violence against children, including online threats. It emphasises coordination among institutions and the development of integrated services for victims. Through the implementation of the programme and the action plan, the aim is to reduce cases of violence and exploitation against children, as well as to collect uniform data on these cases.

  • Bulgaria

  • Implemented 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
  • hate speech, NCSII (non-consensual sharing of intimate images), online sexual coercion and extortion of children (OSCEC) (formerly referred to as sextortion), pornography, potentially harmful content

The Communications Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Lithuania (RRT) is an independent agency focused on communication and media regulation. It is a member of the Safer Internet Centre, providing an internet hotline addressing pornography, sexual exploitation of children, CSAM, cyberbullying, and violence. Moreover, it includes information on content filtering tools to restrict access to and protect children from harmful content.
(Source: Website).

  • Lithuania

  • Implemented 2001
  • 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
  • digital and socia-cultural environment, well-being

The National Plan to Prevent Sexual Offences and Offences against Decency Suffered by Minors (including crimes committed in cyberspace)  includes six areas of action and is aimed at ensuring comprehensive and wide protection of minors (Policy and Management; Law Enforcement Agencies and the Judiciary; Support and protection of aggrieved parties and members of their families; General social prevention).

  • Poland

  • Implemented 2023 - 2026
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection, BIK+ strategy pillar 2 - empowerment
Cover of the factsheet saying “Deepfakes and sexualised violence: What does this mean for child protection on the Internet?”
  • Resource
  • Austrian Safer Internet Centre
  • 18 March 2025

Artificial intelligence has become part of our everyday lives. This includes the increasingly authentic-looking deepfakes that are influencing the lives of children and young people. This factsheet provides an overview of the status quo of deepfakes, shows from a child protection perspective the problems that deepfakes can cause with regard to (sexualised) violence, and offers legal classifications as well as tips and support services.

Titelseite des Handlungsleitfadens mit der Aufschrift „Handlungsleitfaden zum Umgang mit bildlichem sexualbezogenem Kindesmissbrauchsmaterial und bildlichen sexualbezogenen Darstellungen minderjähriger Personen. Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitung für Fachkräfte aus psychosozialen und pädagogischen Einrichtungen."
  • Resource
  • Austrian Safer Internet Centre
  • 18 March 2025

Specialists play a crucial role in supporting adults and children who come into contact with depictions of sexualised violence against children and young people and sexual depictions of minors. The guide provides professionals from psychosocial and educational institutions with helpful information, the legal framework, step-by-step instructions and preventive measures to enable them to act quickly and appropriately.

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