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ISPCC joins worldwide project to tackle online child sexual abuse
The ISPCC has announced its participation in a global project to prevent and respond to online child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Safe Online, a global fund dedicated to eradicating online child sexual exploitation and abuse, is funding the project called "Sandboxing and Standardising Child Online Redress".
The initiative is being spearheaded by Greek non-profit child welfare organisation The Smile of the Child, and will be co-created by children and young people to ensure their voices are heard.
The sandbox project will establish a first-of-its-kind mechanism to advance child online safety through collaboration across sectors, borders and generations.
Sandboxes bring together industry, regulators and customers in a safe space to test innovative products and services without incurring regulatory sanctions.
Through the participation of youth, platforms, regulators and online safety experts, this first regulatory sandbox for child digital wellbeing will provide for consistent, systemic care and redress for children from online harm.
"This project is a wonderful example of what we can achieve when we collaborate and listen to children and young people," said ISPCC Head of Policy and Public Affairs Fiona Jennings.
"Having robust online reporting mechanisms in place is a key policy objective for ISPCC and this project will go a long way towards making the online world safer for children and young people to participate in," Ms Jennings said.
The project is led by The Smile of the Child, Greece's premier child welfare organisation and ISPCC is a partner alongside The Young and Resilient Research Centre at Western Sydney University, Child Helpline International and the Centre for Digital Policy at University College Dublin.
