46 Hotlines
42 Countries
1 Mission
46 Hotlines
42 Countries
1 Mission
77% of CSAM assessed in 2020 depicted children under 13 years of age.
93% of victims depicted in reports assessed during 2020 were girls and 5% were boys.
Netherlands - 21%
Austria - 21%
United Kingdom - 12%
Canada - 10%
Colombia - 9%
Germany - 5%
Poland, United States, Ireland; each 3%
Czech Republic, Finland, each; 2%
The pie chart shows the variety of sites used to store CSAM.
Number of exchanged content URLs: 1038268
Number of illegal content URLs: 267192
Useful Documents
A review of 2020, where we look at the INHOPE Network of Hotlines, the environment that it operates in and its global impact on CSAM.
For older reports - click here.
The Terminology Guidelines, dubbed the ‘Luxembourg Guidelines’ after their adoption in Luxembourg earlier this year, offer guidance on how to navigate the complex lexicon of terms commonly used relating to sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children. They aim to build consensus on key concepts in order to strengthen data collection and cooperation across agencies, sectors and countries.
The Technology Working Group was charged with examining the role of technology in combatting the proliferation of online child sexual exploitation and abuse imagery.A focus of this report is on the need to dismantle the chief technical, legal and policy silos that are frustrating real collaboration among law enforcement, industry, government and the non-government sector.
Insights &
articles
On 23 September 2021, the Spletno oko Hotline, Criminal Police Directorate of the General Police Directorate and the ICT Association at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia o (...)
On September 29th, Telefono Azzurro held a hybrid conference “Quality and digital education: a challenge for the empowerment of new generations" - on the occasion of the Italian Sustai (...)
Helplines provide confidential advice and assistance to young people, adults and carers.
Day two of the INHOPE Summit was about proactive conversations and collaborations with law enforcement, key tech players and linking to the network.
This year we focused on the first line of defence combatting the crisis of illegal content online. Digital first responders are the Trust and Safety operations, content moderation teams (...)
As we look towards 2030, we can already foresee many exciting developments and opportunities to come for adults and children in the online world. The European Commission’s Digital Dec (...)
We are proud to announce that the INHOPE website is going multilingual with the launch of its German translation..
In our 2020 Annual Report, we state that the INHOPE network is present in 60% of the countries where CSAM is hosted. So where are all of the hotlines in the INHOPE network, and what’s (...)
Paedophilia (pedophilia) is a sexual disorder in which a person experiences sexual feelings towards pre-pubescent children. For some people, this is associated with sexual feelings exclu (...)
Capping is the act of capturing imagery of videos of others performing sexual acts without their knowledge or consent.
