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Protect Children
Feb 1, 20223 min read
Abuse in Finland: Investigations - but failures to compensate and protect
BLOGPOST On World Children’s Day November 20th, 2016, Mr. Juha Rehula, minister of Family Affairs and Social Services at the time,...
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Matilda Sandvik
Jan 28, 20223 min read
Data Protection Day 2022: Ensuring Children’s Rights in the Digital Space
BLOG POST Each year on January 28th we celebrate Data Protection Day (or Data Privacy Day outside Europe). This is an important occasion...
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Matilda Sandvik
Dec 10, 20212 min read
Human Rights Day 2021
BLOG POST Every year on 10 December, the world celebrates Human Rights Day, the very day when, in 1948, the United Nations General...
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Katariina Leivo
Dec 3, 20213 min read
International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2021
BLOG POST Easy-Read version of the blog can be found below According to UNESCO, disability inclusion is an essential condition to...
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Tegan Insoll
Nov 25, 20213 min read
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Today, on 25 November 2021, we come together to raise awareness about violence against women and girls around the world and call for stronge
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Matilda Sandvik
Oct 4, 20212 min read
Restoring justice for victims of abuse in Europe - Protect Children joins the Justice Initiative
NEWS The recently published report revealing widespread abuse within the Catholic church in France with 330 000 estimated victims of...
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Protect Children
Sep 26, 20213 min read
ReDirection Launch: ‘Protecting Children Through Prevention’
Protect Children publishes unprecedented research report on preventing online sexual violence against children and launches innovative ReDir
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Matilda Sandvik
Sep 1, 20213 min read
Privacy rights and child protection - the case of Apple
Apple’s new child safety measures, released in August and meant to be made available only in the United States, include 3 significant measur
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Tegan Insoll
Aug 18, 20212 min read
Behind CSAM, Real Children are Being Abused
BLOG POST Behind the pixels of CSAM are real children being sexually abused and exploited. When these images and videos are distributed...
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Matilda Sandvik
May 26, 20213 min read
We must find a balance between privacy rights and protecting children from sexual abuse online
BLOG POST Privacy rights are among the most traditional human rights, but discussions around them have never been as relevant for the...
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Jaakko Salovaara
Mar 25, 20213 min read
“The Community” – An international dark web CSAM-website
BLOG POST The amount of CSEM/CSAM being shared online has been on the increase for several years and Europol considers this a strong...
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Nina Vaaranen-Valkonen
Feb 9, 20212 min read
Strengthening media literacy skills through arts and crafts
BLOG POST Protect Children organized, together with an art school in Helsinki, an art workshop with a media literacy theme with strong...
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Dr. Salla Huikuri
Jan 19, 20213 min read
Child Sexual Abusers Online
BLOG POST Child Sexual Abusers Online, Dr. Salla Huikuri Dr. Salla Huikuri Project manager, researcher Police University College, Finland...
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Manja Nikolovska
Dec 16, 20204 min read
General parental advice to parents for keeping children safe online may be soon outdated
BLOG POST General parental advice to parents for keeping children safe online may be soon outdated As Christmas approaches, tech gifts...
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Anna Ovaska
Dec 7, 20205 min read
Child sexual abuse does not just happen “elsewhere”
BLOG POST Specialist Anna Ovaska’s blog on EU’s strategy: Child sexual abuse does not just happen “elsewhere” The recent Communication...
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Nina Vaaranen-Valkonen
Nov 26, 20203 min read
Let's build non-violent childhoods together
BLOG POST Today we are happy to inform that the National Non-Violent Childhoods Action Plan for the prevention of violence against...
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Nina Vaaranen-Valkonen
Nov 19, 20203 min read
Children's rights obligate adults to take action
BLOG POST The use of effective technological tools that protect children must continue to be permitted in the EU. Tomorrow, Friday the...
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Nita Taivalola
Nov 10, 20202 min read
SeriE provides free preventive & supportive services to individuals sexually interested in children
BLOG POST The Finnish Prevention Project SeriE provides free preventive and supportive services to individuals who are sexually...
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Michael Sheath
Sep 14, 20204 min read
Child sexual abuse prevention in the online environment
BLOG POST When I trained as a Social Worker in the last century, our lecturer told us a story. A man is sitting by a river watching the...
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Vera Pallasvesa
Aug 10, 20202 min read
We need to ensure the UN Rights of the Child also in digital media
BLOG POST “There is not sufficient means to ensure that children enjoy the right provided in the Article 34(c) of the UN Convention on...
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