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| WWW.Hotline.ie
- First Report : Summary |
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Main points of first hotline report
(Nov 99 to June 2001)
Core details
- funded by industry and EU (about
50/50)
- run by Cormac Callanan
- focus on child pornography but actual
complaints cover a wider range
- complaints from the public can be
made by e mail, web site, lo call phone/fax, letter
- reports can be anonymous if desired
- general procedures overseen by IAB
- www.hotline.ie is one of 16 hotlines
in 12 countries
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| Sample statistics |
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| Period |
Nov 99 Dec
99
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Jan 2000
Dec 2000
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Jan 2001
June 2001
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| Total complaints
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16
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378
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277
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| Reported through website |
10
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217
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224
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| Complaints about websites |
12
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309
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253
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| Complaints about e
mail |
2
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19
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7
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| Complaints about child
porn |
14
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302
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251
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| Complaints about adult
porn |
2
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10
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6
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| Complaints which turned
into general queries |
0
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26
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13
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| Confirmed and detected
cases of child porn |
0
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23
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16
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| Confirmed and detected
cases of child erotica |
0
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30
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18
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| Reports forwarded to
US tipline |
0
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20
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15
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| Confirmed reports forwarded
to Gardai |
0
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2
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0
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Main points of report
- there is a huge international dimension
to the work of the hotline - INHOPE have a major coordination
role
- only a tiny fraction of the reports
about child porn are within our jurisdiction - these
are forwarded as appropriate
- if illegal material is on an Irish
server, Gardai are notified and they decide about
prosecution
- tracing and tracking child porn (following
a report) can be time-consuming and difficult
- issues about retaining material (inc
child porn) for law enforcement purposes are still
very much in the international melting pot
- staffing hotlines is a difficult
challenge
- the IAB has been active in promoting
new protocols between the Gardai and the hotline for
dealing with complaints
- the overall Internet environment
both in Ireland and abroad is still changing rapidly
posing challenges for the new self-regulation structures
- more work needs to be done in raising
the profile of www.hotline.ie
- there is no 1 to 1 relationship between
reports received and action taken- most are outside
the jurisdiction and many cannot be fully traced
- hotlines must be seen in context
- they are but one of a range of tools being used
to fight child porn - they do however represent a
chance for users to respond to illegal material on
the Internet
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