Report abuse

The Internet has proved to be a good benefit to society: it reduces geographical distance and facilitates information sharing, it offers a plethora of educational skills for both children and adults, improves their writing and language skills. It can also act as a medium for referral and advice. Any person can publish information and material on the internet and any person can access to any type of information. The fact that the internet enables easy and private access even to children, has provided children's increased access to offensive and/or age-inappropriate material and increased opportunity for the sexual exploitation for children through online chatting as the internet can allow opportunities for offenders to be deceptive about their true intentions and identities.

The hotline aims to fight against this dark side of the internet. It offers a secure and confidential environment where the public can report:

(i) Different kinds of sexualised images of children
This involves a wide range of such pictures and each picture has its own level of gravity.

(ii) Approaches by adults to children through internet chatting
An offender may lurk in Internet chat rooms, gathering information, transmitting pornographic material or invite a child to send his/her photos or undress in front of the webcam. An opportunity may also arise to move the conversation with a child to a private chat room, and then ultimately arrange a real life meeting.

(iii) Deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group, that is intended to harm others through the use of information and communication technologies

(iv) Other form of abuse suffered through the use of online technologies

Report abuse

You will be redirected to the project Hotline service.  A service coordinated by Aġenzija Apoġġ.