National Online Child Protection Focal Point Safety Awareness

National Online Child Protection Focal Point: Safety, Awareness and Abuse Incident Reporting Dr. Frederick Wamala, Ph. D, CISSP® “Integrated aspects of child protection on the Internet” for CIS and European Countries, Odessa, Ukraine, 6 -8 April 2011 International Telecommunication Union

Quotations § “In my view, there is nothing more vicious and outrageous than the abuse, exploitation and harm of the most vulnerable members of our society, ” – Bob Ney § “Child abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime, ” – Herbert Ward

Agenda § National Focal Point Conceptual Model § Launching a national focal point § Directing/coordinating protection activities § Strategic and tactical role § Incident response and coordination § Training and public awareness § Standards and Codes of Conduct § International child protection strategy 3

Main Messages § Child abuse traditionally a local problem § Response was local, uncoordinated § Technological and societal transformation § A multi-agency body ideally serves as a focal § § point for all child protection activities Coordinates not necessarily executes A reference model Principles to help you decide/ask questions National values/culture and priorities decisive 4

National Focal Point Conceptual Model 5

Create or Designate Focal Point § Existing duties § Ministries – Children, Education, Health, Interior § ICT Regulator – Child abuse material reporting § Law enforcement affiliated organisations § New law/strategy creates new agency 6

Law Enforcement Affiliated Focal Point 7

Direct and Coordinate § Online child protection stakeholders § Right actions at right time on right priorities § “Blocking” to prevent accidental access § “Notice and takedown” to fight system abuse § Support for online child abuse investigations § Participation in global responses 8

Strategic and Tactical Advice § Explain national child protection strategy § Influence online child protection initiatives § Advise on operational aspects of protection § Promote adoption of good practice models § Reduce availability of child abuse material 9

Abuse Incident Response Coordination § “Establishment of national hotlines, ” ITU COP § 24/7 child protection incident coordination § Free Helplines (web, e-mail and telephone) § Helplines for reporting child abuse material § Real-time information & thus rapid response § Encourage united local and global response 10

Local Incident Reporting – Safe Armenia 11

Local Incident Reporting – Users to IWF 12

Local Collaboration – IWF to CEOP 13

Global Coordination – CEOP and VGT 14

Training and Public Awareness § Risks, trends, roles, skills and defences § Training – Develop child protection skills § Set/review training standards for professionals § Define security features e. g. parental controls § Awareness – Cybersecurity culture § Public facing campaigns: Internet, TV, radio etc § Deliver/review awareness programmes/material 15

US – Cyberbullying Awareness 16

Australia – Cybersafety Program 17

Standards and Codes of Conduct § “Will see COP shift from the production of these guidelines to the development of industry codes of conduct, ” ITU 17/11/2010 § Co-regulatory or self-regulatory tools § Voluntary commitment by industry to address online child abuse issues § Enforcement threat if voluntary action fails 18

Standard Definitions § “Please note ‘child pornography’, ‘child porn’ and ‘kiddie porn’ are not acceptable terms. The use of such language acts to legitimise images which are not pornography, rather, they are permanent records of children being sexually abused and as such should be referred to as child sexual abuse images, ” Internet Watch Foundation, UK 19

Self-Regulation Example – IWF, UK 20

Industry Code of Conduct – Australia 21

International Child Protection Strategy § Online child abuse knows no boundaries § Canvass views of government, charities, law enforcement and industry § Help form international cooperation strategy § UNICEF “Global Child Protection Strategy” § Reflect national values at global discussions 22

Conclusions – Recap § Online child abuse is a global problem § But global response relies on national action § Thus, a strong national focal point is vital § Abuse incident reporting is important § But blocking content only part of the solution § A holistic response to prevent, detect, react and deter online child abuse is required § Awareness is proactive/changes behaviour 23

Questions? For more information on ITU’s Child Online Protection Initiative Please visit the website: http: //www. itu. int/cop/ or contact cybmail@itu. int 24