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  • Rule and guideline
  • NCSII (non-consensual sharing of intimate images), online sexual coercion and extortion of children (OSCEC) (formerly referred to as sextortion)

Article 197.7 of the Spanish Penal Code criminalises the disclosure of intimate images without the consent of the individuals involved. This provision aims to protect individuals, including children and young people, from the unauthorised sharing of private and sensitive content. Offenders may face criminal charges for violating this provision, including fines and imprisonment. The law was updated in 2015.
(Source: BIK Policy Monitor Report 2024).

Entities responsible for implementation: Ministerio de Justicia.

 

 

  • Spain

  • Implemented 2015 - Ongoing
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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. 

  • 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: 

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Learning corner
  • BIK Team

Both children and adults can be at risk of being blackmailed or exploited online. This module explores the nature of sextortion and how online users can protect themselves and seek support.
There are a range of risks that children and adults can encounter online. One risk that has shown a dramatic increase in cases in recent years is that of sextortion, cybercriminals threatening to release sexual or intimate images of a user unless they pay the criminal money or perform another act.
  • Article
  • Lithuanian Safer Internet Centre
  • 21 March 2024

On Safer Internet Day 2024, the Lithuanian Safer Internet Centre focused on Skaitmeninės higienos svarba šiandienos pasaulyje (The importance of digital hygiene in today’s world). Additionally, the centre orchestrated numerous side events on the following days as part of a week of activities.
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