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Q1 2025 in review: record report volume and emerging content trends
Croatia celebrates the first anniversary of the counselling centre in Zagreb with the launch of the "Take It Down" tool
Combatting child sexual abuse EU strategy for a more effective fight against child sexual abuse (COM/2020/607 final)
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.
Law No. 2024-449 of May 21, 2024 aimed at securing and regulating the digital space
"The so-called SREN law to better regulate the digital space and protect Internet users, particularly the youngest, as well as businesses. The law is inspired in particular by the recommendations of three parliamentary reports on the pornography industry and on digital sovereignty . It also results from the European regulations on digital services (DSA) and on digital markets (DMA).
CSA Directive: Child Sexual Abuse Directive 2011/93/EU
The Directive covers prosecuting offenders, protecting victims and preventing offences as well as blocking and taking down websites that hold and distribute child sexual abuse material. The Commission is working closely with EU Member States to make sure that the directive is implemented fully. The Commission is assessing if this text solves all the issues it was meant to solve or if there are new issues, for instance because of the big technological changes of the last ten years.
Portuguese Penal Code
Article 176º of the Portuguese Penal Code describes the crime related to pornography of minors, including the grooming of minors, production, distribution, and dissemination of media material, in addition to other actions considered under the law. Article 193° prohibits sharing images or other digital material without consent.
(Source: BIK Policy Monitor 2024).
Entities responsible for implementation: Council of Ministers / Conselho de Ministros.
Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy Directive Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 on a temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC as regards the use of technologies by number-independent interpersonal communications service providers
This law allows online communications services providers to continue voluntarily to detect, report and remove child sexual abuse material online until 3 August 2024. It is a temporary derogation from Articles 5(1) and 6(1) of the e-Privacy Directive.
This regulation is in effect from August 2, 2021 until April 3, 2026.
(Source: EC Compendium of BIK-related legislation).
2024 in numbers: Report volume and actions taken by INHOPE hotlines
National Council for Child Protection
The National Council for Child Protection with consultative and coordination functions was established in 2016 at the State Agency for Child Protection.
