Legal psychologists start groundbreaking project against child abuse!

Legal psychologists start groundbreaking project against child abuse!

Berlin, Deutschland - The project Write - Written Risk Indicator's Triggering Exploitation, initiated by Prof. Dr. Robert Lehmann, Dr. Laura Quinten, Frederic Gnielka and Rebecca Reichel, has successfully prevailed through a global selection process of over 300 applicants: inside. It will be supported by Safe Online in the next two years, such as Medical School Berlin . Write is one of only 20 projects that have been selected this year and deals with the classification of text -based sexually abusive material (CSEAM). This form of sexual child abuse has so far been little researched, which makes the potential dangers for consumers and society clear.

The main goal of Write is to create a evidence -based basis for recognition, prevention and dealing with text -based CSEAM. This is done in collaboration with international cooperation partners: inside like Inope, Save the Children Finland and the Irish police to Garda Sochana. A committee of international expert: inside, including Prof. Dr. Kelly Babchishin from Carleton University will also support the project.

growing challenges in the field of child protection

The urgency of such projects is illustrated by the alarming statistics on sexual abuse of children and adolescents. According to a press release of the Federal Criminal Office (bka) increased dramatically in recent years. In 2023, 16,375 cases of sexual abuse were registered, which corresponds to an increase of 5.5 % compared to the previous year. Children under the age of 14 are particularly affected, in which 18,497 cases were recorded.

The Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser emphasizes that 54 children and adolescents become victims of sexual abuse every day, with perpetrators often coming out of the environment. The need to save IP addresses is required as an essential measure to identify perpetrators. The BKA Vice President Martina Link emphasizes that combating sexual violence against children has the highest priority and is required to strengthen cooperation between the state police.

digital security initiatives

global initiatives, such as the WRITE Initiative funded by Safe online, are crucial for improving child protection in digital space. A report by Just Rights describes various measures to combat sexual child abuse on the Internet, including the establishment of support centers for victims in several Indian states. Such measures include technical solutions to support law enforcement authorities and the creation of child protection units that convert raw data into implementable knowledge.

This worldwide collaboration is essential to counter creative and technological challenges in the field of child protection. The commitment of organizations and authorities at national and international level also shows the increasing priority that is granted to the protection of children in digital space.

The future -oriented orientation of such projects is not only important for the immediate combat of child abuse, but also for long -term prevention and creating safe digital environments for children and adolescents.