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lowed by a variety of similar initiatives in other countries. In 1999, INHOPE – the international umbrella
network of Internet hotlines – was created, of which 39 hotlines spread across more than 34 countries
were members in 2010. 416 INHOPE hotlines work in collaboration in order to tackle child abuse material
on the Internet. 417 Statistical data from INHOPE and a number of individual members of INHOPE are
shown in the boxed text as an illustration.
INHOPE 418
- In the period September 2004 (18 hotlines) to December 2006 inclusive (27 hotlines), 900,000
reports were received from the public and a total of 1,900,000 reports were made (including
reports generated by the hotlines themselves. 419
- In the period September 2005 to June 2010 inclusive (37 hotlines), an average of 60,200 reports
were sent in total per month to INHOPE hotlines from members of the public. 420 During the last
quarter of 2006 a further 35,000 reports were sent (and 91,000 including reports generated by
the hotlines themselves). 421
The CyberTipline of the <strong>National</strong> Center for Missing & Exploited <strong>Child</strong>ren (NCMEC) (Internet hotline in the
United States of America)
During the week of 31 January 2011, the CyberTipline received 3,456 reports, which brought the total
number of reports received since its establishment in March 1998 to 906,449. 422
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) (Internet hotline in the United Kingdom)
In 2010 the IWF received 43,190 reports of suspected child abuse material, of which 39% (16,739)
was also deemed to be considered as such by the IWF. 423
Meldpunt Kinderporno op Internet [Hotline Combating <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Pornography</strong> on the Internet]
(Internet hotline in the Netherlands)
Meldpunt Kinderporno op Internet received 9164 reports in 2010, of which 2,602 reports were ultimately
deemed to actually involve child abuse material according to Meldpunt Kinderporno op Internet (this
concerned 32% of the total number of reports after adjustment for the quantity of content that
was reported twice). Please refer to §3.3.1.1 for further statistics relating to Meldpunt Kinderporno op
Internet.
416 INHOPE, 2010.
417 They send reports of child abuse material to one another via the INHOPE network. For a detailed description
of how the network operates, see §3.3.1.1.
418 Since 2010, INHOPE has been working with the INHOPE Report Management System (IHRMS) in which
reports of child abuse material received by hotline members are recorded. However, not all hotlines
were connected to this system in 2010 and consequently no published statistical data is available as yet
regarding the total number of reports that were sent to INHOPE members in 2010.
419 INHOPE, 2007.
420 See www.inhope.org (viewed July 2011).
421 INHOPE, 2007.
422 Factsheet CyberTipline, available at: www.missingkids.com/en_US/documents/CyberTiplineFactsheet.
pdf (viewed July 2011).
423 Internet Watch Foundation, 2011.