INHOPE
The International Association of Internet Hotlines
Rethinking child protection in a digital age,
Fighting online Child Sexual Abuse
Russell Chadwick | Executive Director
ITU – Child Online Protection, Geneva, February 2014
"The project is co-funded by the European Union, through the Safer Internet plus programme"
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Who are we?
 Active and collaborative network of 49 Internet hotlines in 43 countries
worldwide responding to reports of illegal content
 Comprises an Association: 46 fully-fledged hotlines in 40 countries
 + a charitable arm, the Foundation which assists the development of 3
hotlines in 3 emerging countries
 Association founded in 1999 under the EC Safer Internet Programme
to combat illegal content online including Child Sexual Abuse Material
(CSAM)
 Umbrella organisation: represents and coordinates a global network
 Core business is supporting hotlines, cooperation
enforcement and industry in Notice and Takedown efforts
with
law
 95%+ of hosting covered by the INHOPE network
 Insafe, our consortium partner, under the Safer Internet Programme
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By the
European
Union
What we do?
 Combat Child Sexual Abuse Content and other illegal material on
the Internet.
 Raise awareness of INHOPE and member Hotlines as a single
point of contact for global reports of illegal content
 Reduce duplication of reports passed to Law Enforcement
 Expand the network of INHOPE members
 Our charitable arm, the INHOPE Foundation, helps develop
hotlines in emerging countries
 Inform policy makers, particularly at the international and EU levels
 Provide a global trend analysis of the distribution of online Child
Sexual Abuse to visualise where further action is needed
 Work in tandem with partners: operational cooperation and
knowledge sharing, MoUs signed with Europol, Interpol and
ECPAT International
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By the
European
Union
Role and process
 Digital citizens need to know where to report illegal content and
criminal conduct.
 the INHOPE network continues to expand
 49 national reporting points
 170+ Analysts across the Network
 Assess and trace online content
 Deposit CSAM URLs in central server, the INHOPE Report
Management System (IHRMS)
 Liaise with Law Enforcement Agencies and Content Service Providers
 Issue notices to hosting providers of child sexual abuse material
 Monitor take down times
 Provide evidenced-based knowledge to stakeholders
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European
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Threat assessment
 Higher levels of demand for new abuse material
 Coinciding with greater Internet adoption rates worldwide
 Offenders seek out environments popular with children + young
people
 Dealing with highly skilled criminality, encrypting and anonymising
activities online on the rise
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European
Union
Understanding the broader context
in which we operate
Legal landscape
 Still 53 countries with no law nor legal definition of child
pornography
 Offenders tend to use online storage in foreign jurisdictions where
possession is currently not a criminal offence
 2011/92/EC Directive which specifically acknowledges the role of
hotlines
Political, industry and law enforcement developments
 Increased issue awareness and higher on political agenda
 Series of initiatives: Digital Agenda, Global Alliance, CEO
Coalition, EFC, VGT and ITU COP Initiative
 Fight against CSAM gradually embedded in CSR strategies
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By the
European
Union
Our Strategic Alliances
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Governments and Governmental Bodies
EC, UN, OSCE, CoE
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Law Enforcement Agencies
, VGT, EFC, Circamp
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Industry
EuroISPA, Microsoft, GSMA…
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Safer Internet Projects
INSAFE, eNACSO, EU Kids Online
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Child Welfare and Rights Groups
ECPAT, Save the Children, Childnet
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European
Union
Looking forward
 INHOPE and Insafe developing a new pan-European multilingual
platform for sharing tools and resources to ensure the
empowerment and protection of Europe’s youth online
 Known as the Better Internet for Kids Network (BIK-NET), 12month project which will be rolled out for use by all Safer Internet
Centres across Europe in 2015
 Enhancement of current INHOPE Report Management System
(IHRMS) that will allow for a video/ image fingerprinting database
to be hosted by INTERPOL
 In turn, this will further reduce workloads for hotlines and LEAs
caused by duplication
 It will allow for sophisticated statistical analysis and pattern
identification
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European
Union
Why INHOPE statistics are
so unique?
 Vital element of INHOPE’s work: collect accurate and timely
statistics from its global network
 Provide actionable intelligence which may lead to the arrest of
offenders and the identification of child victims
 Build global picture of the distribution of Child Sexual Abuse
Material (CSAM)
 Visualise where further critical action is needed
 Publish factual information and trends to assist stakeholders in
shaping their strategies.
 Data extracted from the INHOPE Report Management System
(IHRMS)
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European
Union
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European
Union
Statistics for 2013
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INHOPE statistics for 2013 will be published in the Spring
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A worrying and developing trend remains the increasing
incidence of very young children as victims.
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Union
Hosting trends CSAM
• Hosting patterns change over time,
depending on the popularity of technology
services within countries.
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Union
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Union
Commercial hosting
 Commercial means a financial transaction is needed to
access content.
 Non-commercial refers to free access.
 The following infographic was specifically developed for the
European Financial Coalition against Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children Online (EFC). INHOPE shares the
lead with Europol on the Reporting and Analysis Work
Package.
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Union
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European
Union
Notice and takedown
 Area of critical importance
 How quickly this material is removed from public access
 Good results do not happen by chance
 Closer cooperation with ISPs and law enforcement = content
being taken down more quickly than ever
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European
Union
The INHOPE Foundation
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The INHOPE Foundation financially supports start up
activities of new hotlines outside of the European Union.
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Foundation Participants becoming INHOPE Association
members within 3 years, ensuring the Association continues
to grow on a global scale.
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There are three levels of “status” for a hotline within the
Foundation: Under Consideration, In-Progress, Foundation
Participant Member.
Contact Details
Russell Chadwick
INHOPE Executive Director
russell.chadwick@inhope.org
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