Hotline.ie – Irish national reporting centre of illegal online content
The hotline reporting service was launched in 1999 to fulfil one of the key recommendations in Illegal and Harmful Use of the Internet. In Ireland, the activities of Hotline.ie and An Garda Síochána CSAM blocking initiative together fulfil Article 25 of the Directive 2011/93/EU on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography. Whilst the Department of Justice and Equality oversees these activities, the remainder of the Directive has been transposed into Irish law.
Hotline.ie is an integrated part of the Irish Safer Internet Centre alongside Webwise, ISPCC Childline and NPC, partnership appointed by the European Union in 2008. The Irish Safer Internet Centre is part of the INSAFE network which unites 30 such Centres across Europe.
Hotline.ie is also a member of the National Advisory Council for Online Safety (NACOS), a forum of non-governmental, Industry and academic stakeholders, setup to provide advice to Government on online safety issues, to identify emerging issues where Government intervention might be required, and to examine national and international research and communicate key findings to Government, stakeholders and the wider public.
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