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.
This includes policies and procedures in private sector organisations, as well as regulations and laws passed by governments.
A range of policies is needed to cover detection and reporting of online exploitation and abusive material, and to ensure that protecting children is prioritised over other considerations. Carefully thinking through these policy areas will help create a consistent, clear foundation for analysis and action. Policies also need to be aligned between countries, regions and with international laws and frameworks.
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Briefing on the future of digital tools to detect child sexual exploitation and abuse online in Europe
Publisher: WeProtect Global Alliance (Briefing)
On 21 December 2020, the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) came into force in the European Union (EU), which provides an expanded definition of ‘electronic communications services’ in the already…
Guidelines for industry on Child Online Protection
Publisher: International Telecommunications Union (Report)
The COP Guidelines for industry aim at establishing the foundation for safer and more secure use of Internet-based services and associated technologies for today’s children and future generations.
Guidelines for Policy-makers on Child Online Protection
Publisher: International Telecommunications Union (Report)
The COP Guidelines for policy-makers offer national governments and policy-makers a user-friendly and flexible framework that supports the development of targeted and effective measures for child online protection at the national level.
Governments
Governments create and implement the legal environment to prevent and respond to child sexual exploitation and abuse
EU data law row threatens child abuse investigations
Publisher: BBC (Media)
Global internet firms could be banned from automatically detecting child abuse images on their systems amid a row over privacy laws within the European Union.
European Electronic Communications Code briefing
Publisher: WeProtect Global Alliance (Briefing)
Technology tools that protect children from online child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSEA) risk being outlawed in European Union (EU) member states from 20th December this year, unless an agreement…
Digital Rights are Human Rights
Publisher: WeProtect Global Alliance (Blog)

The drafters of Article 4 – the right not to be held in slavery or servitude – could not have foreseen the role of future technology in the abuse of…
E.U. Privacy Rule Would Rein In the Hunt for Online Child Sexual Abuse
Publisher: New York Times (Media)
Regulators argue that while abuse imagery on the internet is abhorrent, unchecked scanning for it by tech companies could violate privacy rights. A showdown looms.
EU tech ban seen putting children worldwide at risk of online sex abuse
Publisher: Thomson Reuters Foundation (Media)
Online child sexual abuse could become harder to detect due to privacy protections set to take effect in the European Union next month – putting millions of children at increased…
Case study: what the Philippines is doing to end online child abuse
Publisher: Apolitical (Blog)

To coordinate the interventions of all stakeholders in addressing all forms of abuse, neglect and exploitation of children, the Philippine Government formed the Committee for the Special Protection of Children…