A/HRC/12/23 page 18 91. Such telephone hotlines for the public to report any image of child sexual abuse on the Internet, mobile phones, social networks and chat rooms, have frequently led to the identification and blocking of new child pornography sites (2,500 in Switzerland; 164 in Italy; 532 in the Netherlands; 1,864 in Japan, etc.). Operators of hotline services report all such sites to the police, notify ISPs about sites hosted on their servers and help them prevent the use of their systems for the dissemination of criminal material. 92. Hotlines also play a role in counselling, raising awareness, and informing Internet users about the risks and dangers for children if they are exposed to child pornography and “grooming”. 93. In order to increase children’s safety, abuse buttons have been added to sites used by children, who can use them to report any illicit content or sexual solicitation (Norway and the United Kingdom). An abuse button has even been placed in Windows Live Messenger. 94. Education, awareness and information programmes have been launched in the great majority of States. In order to prevent sexual exploitation of children on the Internet, Governments, NGOs and the new technologies business sector have entered into partnerships for the production and dissemination of educational material aimed at children, young people, parents and persons working with children. 95. The European Commission has developed the Safer Internet Plus Programme and funded initiatives aimed at making the Internet safer, such as the development of filters and information and educational tools on the risks associated with Internet use by children. As part of that programme, a Safer Internet Day is celebrated every year in February, the purpose of which is to increase public awareness of safety issues in the context of the use of new technologies. On Safer Internet Day 2008 a new online voting platform and an e-safety toolkit for children and parents were created. 96. The Insafe network, which coordinates Safer Internet Day activities, has 26 national awareness centres. It plays an important role in strengthening exchange of best practices in the promotion of online safety in Europe. 97. The Insafe network has entered into a series of partnerships with leading information and communication enterprises in order to be able to use the most appropriate technology to educate the public in online safety. In order to meet the needs of teachers, a consortium of 14 leading commercial partners, including mobile network operators and social network providers, this year launched the educational website www.teachtoday.eu. In addition to partnerships with the business sector, the Insafe network has worked with the Council of Europe to update the Council’s Internet information and introduction tool, the Internet Literacy Handbook, by adding new sections on Web 2.0, social networks and online assistance.9 Training sessions have been 9 The third edition of this handbook is available in two languages (http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/StandardSetting/InternetLiteracy/hbk_en.asp).

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