People in Senegal will now be able to report child sexual abuse if they stumble across it online.
The coronavirus pandemic has lent greater ‘urgency’ to tackling online threats.
The IWF has partnered with Facebook, Peace One Day, and the Government of Mali to keep children in Mali safe online.
‘Wherever criminals seek to make children victims, and wherever children risk being harmed by the proliferation of this evil material, people must come together to fight it. That is exactly what has happened here in Haiti’
Despite travel bans, experts say there must be no delaying what could be a ‘significant’ move for children’s online safety.
The portals, including the IWF's first in Europe, will allow people to report child sexual abuse material to the IWF should they stumble across it online
Sierra Leone’s President Dr. Julius Maada Bio “applauds” the launch, saying it is an “unprecedented collaboration in our preparedness to end internet sexual and other crimes against children.”
The UK’s Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) worked with the Comorian government to provide a place people can report online child sexual abuse material.