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We have over 240 analysts around the world who are trained to assess and classify CSAM using their expertise.
We are now a network of 54 hotlines, of which 50 are full members.
The ICCAM platform has been expanded to support a multi-module architecture, as a result we have built a law enforcement specific module.
Our Projects
The work and outputs of the projects we run support and enable the mission of INHOPE to ensure the rapid identification and removal of Child Sexual Abuse Material from the digital world.
This project page outlines our current projects and corresponding partners. At INHOPE we proactively work on projects that cover awareness-raising, software development and analyst training. Explore the different projects we are running below and read the summaries.
Our projects service our members through four main pillars: Capacity Building, Technology & Innovation, Network Expansion and Strategic Communications.
This work is supported by various donors from the governmental, industry and philanthropy sectors, structured in multi-annual projects.
Do you have any questions? Reach out to us at communications@inhope.org to learn more about our ongoing work in the digital child protection space.
Technology & Innovation
Strategic Communications
Network Expansion
Capacity Building:
Global Standard
A world free of CSAM is the shared vision of INHOPE and its law enforcement, industry and NGO partners. The Global Standard project brings together the skills and experience of global experts to develop a common CSAM ontology for the categorisation of CSAM, which will facilitate automated translation between and among different categorisation schemas in use globally and across sectors.
Funded by the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children, the Global Standard will be a game-changer in the fight against CSAM.
Project CPORT
Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) is a fast-spread transnational crime that can be effectively fought through collaboration between international and national stakeholders from the private and public sectors.
Creating the Law Enforcement portal, CPORT, for ICCAM will allow hotline analysts, INTERPOL and national Law Enforcement officers to exchange information and intelligence quickly. This will result in the efficient reduction of access to CSAM online and essential victim identification.
Project CPORT will develop a law enforcement portal in ICCAM that will enhance the capabilities of the ICCAM system with specific functionalities to enable and facilitate collaboration and exchange of intelligence between hotline analysts, INTERPOL and law enforcement officers.
ICCAM
The reality of how fast CSAM can spread around the world requires technology, tools and collaborative approaches not only among law enforcement agencies and hosting providers worldwide but also among internet hotlines. Equally, each country must offer a hotline service to its citizens where one can report illegal material online.
INHOPE operates a secure system that provides a technical solution supporting hotline transactions and the removal of online child sexual abuse material known as ICCAM (I C{see} Child Abuse Material).
INHOPE will set up three new hotlines in countries where a reporting mechanism for CSAM online does not exist through the Tides Project, supported by Google.org.
The Stronger Together project supports the coordination of the INHOPE network of hotlines by strengthening our capacity-building and awareness-raising work.
AviaTor Project
Hotlines are part of a large chain of institutions and bodies involved in the fight against CSAM. Ensuring swift and concise intelligence exchange among these stakeholders is key to identifying and saving victims. The large increase of material every year requires the use of prioritisation tools to swiftly identify children in real danger. The tool AviaTor was designed with this
purpose in mind.
INHOPE is a partner in the AviaTor project, together with ZiuZ Forensics, Web IQ, the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence, the National Police of the Netherlands, and the Belgian Federal Police. The AviaTor Project is funded by the European Union’s Internal Security Fund – Police. For more information go to website of the AviaTor Project - www.aviatorproject.com
Better Internet for Kids
Better Internet for Kids (BIK) project supports INHOPE to continuously enable exchange of knowledge and sharing of best practices among hotlines around the world. Through the Better Internet for Kids project INHOPE coordinates the network of hotlines both within the European Union and promotes the use of www.betterinternetforkids.eu which is a rich resource for all organisations working in internet safety or online child protection.
Project Updates
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