Proposal for a regulation
Annex – section 1 – point 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) Safer internet service infrastructure: This refers to the platform for acquiring, operating and maintaining shared computing facilities, databases and software tools for the Safer Internet Centres (SICs) in the Member States. Operations to handle reporting of sex abuse content, including the provision at national level of hotlines to report abuse, helplines and awareness raising activities, are also included as well as the link with police authorities including international organisations such as Interpol, and when appropriate, the handling of the take down of this content by the relevant web sites. This will be supported by common databases and generic services such as: (a) platforms for training and development of best practices for the SICs in the Member States. (b) National help-lines for children, parents and carers on the best means for kids to use the Internet avoiding threats from harmful and illegal contents and behaviours, and the supporting back- office infrastructure. (c) National hotlines for reporting on child sex-abuse content on the Internet (d) National awareness raising campaigns, (e) Tools to ensure access to age- appropriate content and services, (f) Software that allows easy and fast reporting of illegal content and its takedown, as well as reporting of grooming and bullying. (g) Software systems that allow better identification of (not reported) child sexual abuse content on the internet as well as technologies to support police investigations, especially with a view to identifying child victims, perpetrators and commercial trading of such content.