Policy & legislation
A combination of policy, rules and legislation is needed to help protect children from sexual exploitation and abuse online, and to help make the internet a safe space for them to explore.
See what the Alliance is doing on: Policy & legislation
Internet Watch Foundation Annual Report 2021
Publisher: Internet Watch Foundation (Report)
IWF 2021 Annual Report shows that sexual abuse imagery of girls is increasingly being shared online, with almost all (97%) child sexual abuse material identified in 2021 showing female children.
Joint letter to ‘The Times’ on the UK Online Safety Bill
Publisher: Barnardo's, Every Child Protected Against Trafficking, International Justice Mission UK, Internet Watch Foundation, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, WeProtect Global Alliance (Media)
A joint letter by 6 organisations, including WeProtect Global Alliance, published in ‘The Times’ following the UK Online Safety Bill being delayed.
#ChildSafetyOnlineNow campaign
Publisher: WeProtect Global Alliance (Press release)
14 organisations, including WeProtect Global Alliance, launch a campaign to support the European Commission’s proposal to tackle the rampant and growing spread of child sexual abuse online.
Legislating for the digital age
Publisher: UNICEF (Report)
UNICEF’s new publication provides guidance on how to strengthen legislative frameworks to protect children from online sexual exploitation and abuse.
Framing the future
The report “Framing The Future” is a review of the Model National Response (MNR) that sets out how and where the MNR has been implemented in the six years since…
Advocating for child rights in the context of online regulation
Discussing how we as an Alliance can help shift the dial in public understanding and framing of both the issues of child sexual abuse online and online regulation, to ensure…
Launch of the Model National Response Review report
Panel discussion Speakers I Gusti Ayu Bintang Darmawati Minister of Women’s Empowerment andChild Protection, Government of Indonesia Government of Indonesia Cornelius Williams Director, Child Protection Programme UNICEF Dana Almarzouqi Director General of…
Making child online safety a reality
Publisher: 5Rights Foundation, Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children (Tool)
The Child Online Safety Toolkit provides an actionable, practical approach for anyone developing policies for child online safety.
CommonProtect: A review of the legal systems protecting children from sexual exploitation and abuse across the Commonwealth
Publisher: It's a Penalty (Report)
This report analyses the criminalisation of Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, gaps in prosecution, protection of children and efforts made towards prevention across 21 Commonwealth Member States.
Online safety laws can help to turn the tide against child sexual abuse online
Publisher: WeProtect Global Alliance (Blog)
Chloe Setter, Head of Advocacy, Policy & Research at WeProtect Global Alliance, reflects on how online safety legislation can play a key role in protecting children online.