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INHOPE and its Reporting Hotlines: a Force Multiplier in Combatting Online Child Sexual Abuse
INHOPE's Advisory Board held its inaugural meeting on the 17 September 2014 at EUROPOL's headquarters in The Hague , in The Netherlands . Discussions focused on strategy, technology, performance, emerging trends and special issues.
INHOPE's Executive Director Russell Chadwick said:
Paul Gillen , Head of Operations, European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) said:
The nine members* who compose the new INHOPE Advisory Board represent high-tech giants, law enforcement agencies and leading civil society organisations which all share zero tolerance towards Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). The nine experts are all actively engaged in the child online protection community and are renowned for a wide array of initiatives to promote a better and safer Internet for children.
Jacqueline Beauchere , Chief Online Safety Officer, Microsoft, said:
John Carr , one of the world's leading child rights' advocates and Senior Expert Adviser, ECPAT International, said:
Michael Moran , Assistant Director, Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Sub-Directorate, INTERPOL,
added
The INHOPE Advisory Board, with the INHOPE Executive Committee and Secretariat, will together lay out a blueprint for the future development of the organisation, to be devised with and ratified by the INHOPE membership. The inimitable data that INHOPE extracts from its unique database informs policy discussions at a regional and international level and helps identify trends, patterns and hotspots, by visualising at a glance where further coordinated action is needed to yield the best results.
Sabine Frank , Policy Counsel, Google, highlighted:
In this fast-moving world, INHOPE, and its 51 member hotlines in 45 countries worldwide, remain reference players when it comes to disrupting and reducing the availability of CSAM on the Internet. INHOPE will continue to gather information and generate intelligence to combat the most serious form of online crime, a clear violation of human rights on the most vulnerable of our citizens, our children.
Lynette Owens , founder and global director of Trend Micro's Internet Safety for Kids and Families program said
Lars Lööf, psychologist and an authority on risk prevention and trauma:
*INHOPE's Advisory Board members:
Vic Baines , Trust and Safety EMEA, Facebook
Jacqueline Beauchere , Chief Online Safety Officer, Microsoft
John Carr , Senior Expert Adviser, ECPAT International
Sabine Frank , Policy Counsel, Google
Paul Gillen , Head of Operations, European Cybercrime Centre, EUROPOL
Del Harvey , Head of Safety, Twitter
Lars Lööf, Psychologist on risk prevention and trauma
Michael Moran , Assistant Director, Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Sub-Directorate, Interpol
Lynette Owens , Global Director, Internet Safety for Kids & Families, TrendMicro
In the first half of 2014:
- 170 analysts across the INHOPE network processed 587,674 reports of illegal content.
- 39,144 reports were assessed to contain unique URLs of child sexual abuse material, a 32% increase compared with the last six months of 2013.
- 81% of child victims were female. 6% of child victims were infants.
- In Europe, 98% was reported to law enforcement within a day. 91% was removed from the Internet within three days.
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Ms. Sarah Jane MELLOR
Communications Manager INHOPE
Tel.: +31-(0)205-700-296
Mob.: +31-(0)652-443-734
Mail: sarahjane.mellor@inhope.org