Preventing abuse
Preventing the commission of abuse is the best way to protect children online.
Multiple techniques are needed to help ensure children are protected from contact, grooming, sexual abuse and other forms of exploitation online.
These include deterring and engaging with potential offenders, especially those who are younger and may be prevented from becoming offenders. Online tools, helplines and other resources are available to enable this engagement.
Careful risk assessments of technologies and platforms can also help to prevent abuse from occurring, together with shared access to international databases of abuse material and criminal records, hotlines and online cybertip services.
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Offender support systems
Support systems for people with a sexual interest in children to prevent them from acting on their interest and sexually abusing children, and to prevent them from accessing child sexual…
Offender management process
A multi-agency system to manage and rehabilitate child sex offenders to prevent their reoffending. This includes all types of child sex offences – both online and offline.
#PlayYourPart – Community Participation to Drive Change for Child Safety
Young Indians’ Project Masoom: building an inclusive and accessible movement across India to raise awareness and inspire action to tackle child sexual abuse.
Offender research
Research to understand child sexual abuse online offender behaviour, drivers, pathways and effective interdiction.
Research to understand children’s online vulnerabilities and effective safety education systems
Research to understand children’s online vulnerabilities to sexual exploitation and abuse is key to designing relevant, appropriate and targeted safety education material and systems.
Threat analysis and monitoring
Detailed and up-to-date assessments of defined threats, risks and trends of child sexual exploitation and abuse online.
Offender outreach
Develop targeted early intervention strategies to reach those at risk of offending and develop targeted strategies to reach existing offenders and signpost to sources of help to change behaviour.
Restriction of children’s exposure to illicit and harmful content online
Systemic restrictions and education to prevent child access to illicit and harmful content online.
Informed media reporting
Ethical, balanced and informed media reporting, a consistent use of terminology and a positive inclusion of victims / survivors, where appropriate.
Technology-led risk and safety assessment
Risk and safety assessment across platforms and upstream / downstream providers, in terms of both the risk to children but also for offender management.
Victim and survivor voice groups
Victims and survivors are a vital part of understanding the impact and best responses to CSEA online. With their consent and supported active participation throughout, it can be possible for…
Risk / threat assessment matrix
Assessing risks for victim identification, offender targeting and to mitigate against technology infrastructure and broader online risks.
Information sharing and collaborative targeting
What is it? Shared access to international databases, particularly those regarding child sexual abuse material and offender targeting methodologies; formal data sharing frameworks; high value collective targeting; and criminal records…
Gurls out loud
Publisher: Internet Watch Foundation (Media)
Information campaign: Everyday girls are contacted online by adults who try to manipulate and sexually exploit them. Block, Report, and Tell someone you trust.