About the organisation
SaferNet Brasil is an NGO in Brazil to established a multistakeholder approach to protect Human Rights in the digital environment. We work as a Safer Internet Centre and coordinate actions on 3 fronts of online protection: The National Human Rights Cyber Hotline, operated in partnership with Public Prosecutors to strengthen actions against cybercrimes targeting Human Rights. The National Web-based Helpline which offers one-to-one conversation online with professional counsellors and provides support for children, young people and family about online safety. And the Brazilian awareness node, with more than 15 years of experience in capacity building programs with educators, young people, legislators, policy makers and social workers.
Awareness centre
Currently, the Skills for Safety and Digital Citizenship project supports public schools that want to implement a curriculum on these topics. From 2020 to 2024 we ran Digital Citizen, a youth peer education project that impacted over 215,000 teenagers all over Brazil. Additionally, we continuously launch publications, campaigns and other resources, particularly focusing on teenagers, youth, educators and parents.
Helpline
Since 2007, SaferNet’s Helpline provides guidance to parents, educators, and social workers on promoting online safety and self-protection behaviours. In 2023, we noticed an increased number of reports concerning personal data issues, intimate image exposure, fraud/scams/phishing, cyberbullying/harassment, and mental health. Notably, there was also a significant rise in reports of CSAM and hate speech last year.
Hotline
In 2023, SaferNet’s Hotline received 71,867 new reports of online CSAM, marking the highest report rate of this type of content in 18 years of operation of the National Center for Reporting Cybercrimes. Reports of CSAM, combined with other online violations of human rights (particularly xenophobia and religious intolerance), also reached a historic peak last year, with a total of 101,313 unique reports.
Youth participation
Since 2020 we run a youth engagement program, Digital Citizens, which promotes educational activities to train teenagers and young people in digital citizenship topics, such as online safety, misinformation, digital well being, respect and empathy. Over 4 editions, the program has already impacted more than 215 thousand students and 70 thousand educators. The activities take place across the country and are mediated by young people through peer-to-peer education methodologies.
About the organisation
SaferNet Brasil is an NGO in Brazil to established a multistakeholder approach to protect Human Rights in the digital environment. We work as a Safer Internet Centre and coordinate actions on 3 fronts of online protection: The National Human Rights Cyber Hotline, operated in partnership with Public Prosecutors to strengthen actions against cybercrimes targeting Human Rights. The National Web-based Helpline which offers one-to-one conversation online with professional counsellors and provides support for children, young people and family about online safety. And the Brazilian awareness node, with more than 15 years of experience in capacity building programs with educators, young people, legislators, policy makers and social workers.
Awareness centre
Currently, the Skills for Safety and Digital Citizenship project supports public schools that want to implement a curriculum on these topics. From 2020 to 2024 we ran Digital Citizen, a youth peer education project that impacted over 215,000 teenagers all over Brazil. Additionally, we continuously launch publications, campaigns and other resources, particularly focusing on teenagers, youth, educators and parents.
Helpline
Since 2007, SaferNet’s Helpline provides guidance to parents, educators, and social workers on promoting online safety and self-protection behaviours. In 2023, we noticed an increased number of reports concerning personal data issues, intimate image exposure, fraud/scams/phishing, cyberbullying/harassment, and mental health. Notably, there was also a significant rise in reports of CSAM and hate speech last year.
Hotline
In 2023, SaferNet’s Hotline received 71,867 new reports of online CSAM, marking the highest report rate of this type of content in 18 years of operation of the National Center for Reporting Cybercrimes. Reports of CSAM, combined with other online violations of human rights (particularly xenophobia and religious intolerance), also reached a historic peak last year, with a total of 101,313 unique reports.
Youth participation
Since 2020 we run a youth engagement program, Digital Citizens, which promotes educational activities to train teenagers and young people in digital citizenship topics, such as online safety, misinformation, digital well being, respect and empathy. Over 4 editions, the program has already impacted more than 215 thousand students and 70 thousand educators. The activities take place across the country and are mediated by young people through peer-to-peer education methodologies.
