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Table 3.5 Number of reports to Helpwanted.nl
2008 2009 2010 Total
N 255 171 327 753
Source: Meldpunt Kinderporno op Internet, 2009, 2010a, 2011 (Annual Reports 2008 to 2010 inclusive)
In 2008, the campaign ‘Cyberlokkers laten niet los’ [Cyber-predators do not give up] generated a great deal of
publicity for Helpwanted.nl. Several campaigns were also run in 2010 and the effects are clearly evident
in the figures.
Not all reports that are received by Helpwanted.nl (exclusively) relate to online sexual abuse. 192
– In 2008, 47% of all reports involved online sexual abuse and 5% involved encountering child abuse
material.
– In 2009, 43% of all reports involved sexual abuse via a chat facility and 10% involved encountering
child abuse material.
– In 2010, 25% of all reports involved webcam-based abuse and 2% involved encountering child abuse
material. 193
Online Reporting button for young people
European Commissioner Neelie Kroes advocates the use of a virtual emergency button for young people.
In the Netherlands this measure is currently under development.
Online reporting button 194
The initiators of the online reporting button in the Netherlands are the Hotline Combating <strong>Child</strong>
<strong>Pornography</strong> on the Internet and the Digivaardig & Digibewust programme. 195 Various organisations
are currently working on the development of the online reporting button. 196 There are a variety of
organisations in the Netherlands to which young people can report issues on the Internet and which
provide help to them. In order to ensure visibility whilst at the same time preventing fragmentation, a
variety of bodies are joining forces to produce a jointly-run online portal for young people who experience
issues on the Internet and need help to overcome them. The national online reporting button
192 Some examples of other types of reports: cyber-harassment, infringement of an individual’s right to
control use of the image of him/her, hacking and so forth.
193 The decrease in these relative figures is in particular a result of the substantial increase in the number
of reports purely concerning cyber-harassment in this year.
194 Digivaardig & Digibewust programme (information supplied in writing at the request of BNRM, 17 June
2011).
195 They jointly form the national Awareness Center in the Netherlands, which is partly subsidised by the
European Safe Internet Programme run by European Commissioner Kroes.
196 Meldpunt Kinderporno op Internet, Pestweb.nl, Meldpunt Discriminatie, the police (with vraaghetdepolitie.
nl, the online information source for young people) and Kindertelefoon. Other parties such as Hyves.nl,
Habbo.nl, gosupermodels.nl and Microsoft (Windows Live Messenger) are also involved. The organisations
aim to involve possible other relevant parties in this initiative, such as reporting centres, care
agencies or online platforms for young people.