On 13 September, the 14th National Internet Governance Forum Germany (IGF-D) took place at the Federal Foreign Affairs Office in Berlin.

The 18th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) meeting will be hosted by the Government of Japan in Kyoto in a hybrid format from 8 to 12 October 2023. We have put together a list of the sessions that will cover aspects of children and young people growing up in a digital environment.

The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) are jointly conducting an online-based survey on the protection of children from violence.

This is a guide for children and young people from 12 to 17 years old to understand the main objectives of the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2022-2027).

This annual conference of the International Network Against Cyber Hate (INACH) will take place in Malaga, Spain, on October 5.

A Eurobarometer survey shows that a majority of EU citizens support the draft regulation on preventing and combating child sexual abuse online.

An open letter in support of the European Commission’s draft regulation on preventing and combating child sexual abuse on the Internet can be signed. In addition, Lloyd Richardson refutes central arguments of scientists who oppose the regulation in a publication.

The ReDirection Survey Report reveals unprecedented findings from Protect Children’s surveys in the dark web on CSAM users. This new information is invaluable in enhancing global child protection efforts and strengthening the fight to protect children from sexual violence online.

Two current studies reveal an increase in sexualized violence in the digital environment. It is clear that users of digital services unintentionally come across sexual violence online at a young age and are thus either harmed themselves or have a potential tendency to become perpetrators themselves. Both consequences must be counteracted by prevention and deletion of such content.

In the current discussion on the EU Commission's Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) regulation, the German government's Independent Commissioner for Child Sexual Abuse Issues, Kerstin Claus, has made clear she believes two sets of legal interests - child protection and data protection - are taken equally seriously and not played off against each other. Keeping children and young people safe online is a duty of Internet service providers, she says.