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News - A senior Interpol official has warned of a "silent epidemic" of live-streamed child abuse, escalating due to the pandemic - The Telegraph reported. The abuse, often orchestrated by British and US perpetrators, is conducted globally, with hotspots in the Philippines, Colombia…
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News - As Safer Internet Day draws near, the Professionals Online Safety Helpline urges professionals to initiate conversations with children and young individuals regarding their online experiences, discussing both their preferences and concerns. It is crucial to recognize that…
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News - The Internet Watch Foundation warns that more child sexual abuse imagery are being discovered on the internet than ever before, and that the manipulation of under 10-year-old children has taken on "shocking" proportions. The Foundation calls Meta's decision to not monitor…
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News - Engadget.com reported that the attorneys general from all 50 states have banned together and sent an open letter to Congress, asking for increased protective measures against AI-enhanced child sexual abuse images.The letter calls on lawmakers to “establish an expert…
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Online library - The Expert Workshop on the EU Proposed Regulation on Preventing and Combatting Child Sexual Abuse was jointly organised and funded by Vrije University-Amsterdam, ECPAT International, and Leiden University. The report highlights the challenge of balancing privacy…
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Webinar - ​Summary and agenda: The webinar explores the topic of cyberbullying from a scientific perspective with practical implications for stakeholders who work with youth on a daily basis. During the one-our presentation the characteristics, forms, prevalence, possible causes…
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Online library - NGO "Atina" is coming out with the latest research entitled "In front of the screen" on gender-based violence in the digital space. 624 girls aged 18 and 19 from 24 high schools from Belgrade, Nis and Subotica participated in this research conducted by the…
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News - In an open letter, 20 NGOs pressure the European Commission to present its initiative concerning the significant increase in child pornography during the pandemic. In 2020, 86% of all child sexual abuse material (CSAM) found online came from Europe. Europol has identified…
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News - COVID-19 has created opportunities for unprecedented levels of childhood sexual abuse across the UK. Due to isolation measures, victims are trapped at home with their abusers and physically separated from the trained eyes of teachers and administrators. According to the…
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Online library - The Effective Responses to Bullying Behaviour report is a support resource material developed by the Northern Ireland Anti-Bullying Forum, the Education Authority, and the Department of Education in line with the Addressing Bullying in Schools Act (Northern Ireland…
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Learning - The "With Children in a Digital World" curriculum introduces the basics of digital child protection and digital education, offering support, help, information and tools that can be used immediately in a fun and interactive way. The curriculum includes videos and…
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Online library - The report calls for reform and a change in attitudes towards sexual harassment and abuse in educational contexts. Context: Peer-on-peer sexual harassment is prevalent in the lives of secondary-school aged young people in Wales According to students, sexual…
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News - Over 700 people attended the online conference on the "Joint Efforts to End Bullying in Moldova” project, organized by the Terre des hommes Moldova Foundation, on 25 November. The event was also broadcast live on Tdh Moldova and UNICEF Moldova's social platforms and seven…
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News - UK: Internet Watch Foundation figures show a 1,420% increase of child sexual abuse content online, 15 times more than 10 years ago. Issue at hand: IWF is an online safety organization based in the UK, unique among non-law-enforcement bodies due to its ability to…
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News - The Digital Wellbeing Award, which builds on the Cyber Resilience and Internet Safety (CR-IS) Badge, was launched by the Digital Schools Award scheme in 2019. It has been revised to place greater emphasis on digital wellbeing — the impact of using digital technology on…
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News - On the 4th of November 2021, the International Day against Violence and Bullying at School including Cyberbullying is celebrated! This year it will be celebrated under the theme “Tackling Cyberbullying and Other Forms of Online Violence Involving Children…
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News - The British Ministry of Culture, Media and Sport, after recent cases of online abuse, is considering passing a law for this type of violence as a form of causing "psychological harm". Accordingly, internet trolls could face sentences of up to two years in prison for sending…
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News - An analyst at the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) in Cambridge, Lilian*, a mom from Cambridge, has one of the most unusual and most challenging jobs in the world — she views hundreds of photos and hours of footage of child sexual abuse each day. She works on…
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News - Wales: sexual harassment in schools is a widespread problem as number of allegations rise Background Peer-on-peer sexual harassment is a problem in schools across Wales Last term, England saw sexual harassment become “normalized” among school children (see review)…
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News - Facebook has halted work on its Instagram Kids project after revelations about the photo-sharing app’s impact on teen mental health. Instagram was pausing work to address concerns raised by parents, experts and regulators to give themselves time to work with these persons…
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News - Child protection: The largest online survey of people watching the sexual abuse of children online provides important insights into offender behaviour. In the UK, 850 people (mostly men) are arrested every month for offences linked to online child abuse.The National Crime…
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News - UK: survey shows that pandemic significantly impacts girls and young women’s lives Girl’s Attitudes Survey Report Organized by Girlguiding to provide a snapshot of girls and young women’s feel about their everyday lives Supported by People’s Postcode Lottery 1,500…
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News - Online child grooming crimes The NSPCC charity has been mindful towards offenders exploiting ‘flaws’ or ‘faults’ in the design of children’s apps and even social media. As explained by a graph from NSPCC on ‘Sexual Communication with a Child offences…
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News - Ireland: Hotline.ie reports a large increase in number of child abuse images online, with almost half of its content distributed for profit Hotline.ie Irish national reporting center fort the public to report suspected illegal context…
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Webinar - Children in BiH live in parallel in a real and digital environment, with both environments looking very realistic to them. Given their very limited competencies to recognize and protect themselves from the danger in the digital world, and given the limited knowledge of…
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News - Children are spending more time online during the summer break, especially during these pandemic times. Thus, it is of crucial importance to warn teens and parents about the dangers of online grooming or sexual exploitation. Every year, more and more teenage girls become…
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News - Nayana Prakash writes an opinion article for El Pais about the online racist abuse of English football players Bukayo Saka, Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford following their missed penalties in the UEFA Euro finals. Prakash's take focuses on the failure of social media…
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News - The EU Parliament has adopted a final version of the ePrivacy derogation, enabling companies to scan private online messages through approved technologies to detect child abuse and grooming activities. Criticisms have been raised concerning privacy and…
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News - Researchers claim that 1 in 5 children’s apps available on Google Play don’t support COPPA rules. COPPA (in 1998, Congress enacted the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act), enforces a number of requirements on operators of websites or online services that are aimed at…
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News - A new tool to help teenagers remove nude images or videos has been introduced by the IWF and the NSPCC's childline services and any person under 18 can report using the tool. The reports of self-generated images had doubled in the first three months of this year…