Together Against Sexualised Violence Online – What Professionals Need to Know

• 18 November is the European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
• The online event of the FSM and jugendschutz.net hotlines will provide information on reporting options and preventive measures

Sexual violence and abuse in the digital space pose major challenges for the protection of children and young people. What kinds of phenomena can young people face online? And what options do professionals have in dealing with these issues? On the occasion of the European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse, the German hotlines including FSM (Association for Voluntary Self-Regulation of Digital Media Service Providers), eco (Association of the Internet Industry) and jugendschutz.net invite you to the German online event "Together against Sexualised Violence Online - What Professionals Need to Know". The event will take place on 18 November 2024 from 2:00 to 3:30 pm and will provide information on current reporting options and preventive measures.

The event is aimed at educational professionals, multipliers and all interested parties. The hotlines will share insights into their practical work and, together with JUUUPORT, the online advice and education platform for young people, will demonstrate how an age-appropriate reporting form helps young people to report problematic online content. The event will also present ways to report suspicious content and highlight preventive measures that can help make online services safer for children and young people. The German registration is open until 18.11.24 at: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/551710088209539671. Participation is free of charge.

The "European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse" was initiated by the Council of Europe in 2015, calling on people and institutions in Europe to take a stand against the sexual exploitation of children, both online and offline. FSM, eco and jugendschutz.net are partners of the German Safer Internet Centre (saferinternet.de), which is funded by the European Union. Working closely together, they combat illegal, youth-endangering and developmentally harmful content in the field of child and youth protection. This includes not only depictions of child and adolescent abuse, but also depictions of violence, hate speech or pornography. Further members of the German Safer Internet Centre network include "klicksafe" and "Nummer gegen Kummer". In Germany, the hotlines work closely with the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA). They are also active in INHOPE, the global network of Internet hotlines committed to combatting child sexual abuse material.

If you come across illegal content online or content that is problematic for children and young people, you can report this online content to an Internet hotline free of charge and, if you wish, anonymously.

eco: complaints-office.eco.de

FSM: www.fsm.de/en/fsm/hotline

jugendschutz.net: https://www.jugendschutz.net/en

This press release is jointly issued by FSM, eco and jugendschutz.net.