Our position on child protection

The initiative firmly supports effective protection of children from sexual exploitation, violence and online crime. However, we cannot accept a solution in which the privacy of hundreds of millions of citizens becomes the price of prosecuting offenders.

Effective child protection requires:

• well-equipped services,
• effective international cooperation,
• rapid removal of unlawful material,
• prosecution of offenders and criminal networks,
• support for victims,
• education for children and parents,
• accountability of online platforms,
• efficient judicial proceedings.

These actions must target offenders and the sources of crime — not the private communication of society as a whole.