INHOPE - International Association of Internet Hotlines

INHOPE's network is growing because the need is growing.

In 2025, we welcomed three new members: YOCUPA in Zambia, ATKM in the Netherlands, and Andorra Digital in Andorra.

With child sexual abuse material (CSAM) traced to 84 countries worldwide, every new hotline closes a gap that offenders continue to exploit.

Get to know our members and find out more about our priorities areas for network expansion in our Annual Report 2025 👉https://ow.ly/b15q50YO5Xy

📢Last chance to register!

Our second Expert Insights webinar of 2026 is just two days away. INHOPE and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue - ISD will unpack ISD's report Beyond Extremism: Platform Responses to Online Subcultures of Nihilistic Violence, with insights from Senior Research & Policy Manager Hannah Rose.

🗓️Wednesday, May 27th,
🕒16:00 CEST
📝https://ow.ly/2kmK50YNXMb

European Commission

Don’t miss our upcoming Expert Insights webinar!

INHOPE and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue - ISD will dive into the growing challenge of online subcultures of nihilistic violence, based on ISD’s latest research.

Hear from Hannah Rose, Senior Research & Policy Manager at ISD on how these decentralised communities operate and what can be done to address them.

🗓️Wednesday, May 27th,
🕒16:00 CEST
📝https://ow.ly/74wg50YNZcf

European Commission

Of the 4.7 million suspected child sexual abuse material (CSAM) records processed by our network in 2025, the highest concentrations of hosting were detected in the Netherlands, Romania and the United States. In total, CSAM was traced to 84 countries worldwide.

INHOPE hotlines currently operate in 52 of those countries. That gap is where the greatest risk lies, and where our most urgent work remains.

Discover more in the INHOPE Annual Report 2025 👉https://ow.ly/HwQT50YMtQR

The second webinar of the Expert Insights 2026 series is coming up!

INHOPE is joining forces with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue - ISD to explore their report Beyond Extremism: Platform Responses to Online Subcultures of Nihilistic Violence. Online communities centred around nihilistic violence are gaining visibility across platforms, challenging existing approaches to moderation, prevention, and policy.

Register now to hear from Hannah Rose, Senior Research & Policy Manager at ISD, as she unpacks how these communities form, how they operate, and what platforms, hotlines, and practitioners can do to better detect, respond, and build resilience against this evolving threat.

🗓️Wednesday, May 27th,
🕒16:00 CEST
📝https://ow.ly/2kmK50YNXMb

Forums are now the primary location for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) distribution, accounting for 62% of all reports to INHOPE hotlines in 2025, more than double their share in 2024.

Offenders continue to adapt: rotating hosting providers, registering near-identical domains to re-upload the same content, and shifting toward app-based, encrypted and streaming distribution models. Persistent inconsistencies in geolocation and IP information add further strain to analyst workflows.

Staying ahead requires international collaboration, robust technical tools and continuous adaptation. Our Annual Report 2025 details what our network is seeing and how it is responding. 👉https://ow.ly/qyqz50YGowB

Last chance to register!

Our first Expert Insights webinar of 2026 is just two days away. INHOPE, Child Helpline International, and the OECD will unpack the OECD's 2025 benchmarking study on platform transparency reporting on CSEA online — with interventions from Offlimits and KJT-BEE SECURE.

🗓️Wednesday, May 6th,
🕒 15:00 CEST
📝 https://ow.ly/rR2w50YNSyW

A special thank you to the European Commission for making this series possible through the Better Internet for Kids Programme under the Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL).

AI-generated child sexual abuse material is no longer a future concern. It is a present reality.

In 2025, hotlines reported a marked increase in synthetic and AI-generated imagery, with some members recording a 2000% rise in virtual content compared to 2023. Not all of this material is illegal, but its rapid expansion significantly complicates the classification process for analysts — increasing workload and demanding ever more specialised training and detection methods.

Analysts also reported early incidents of minors being harmed through interactions with automated systems, signalling a new dimension of AI-facilitated abuse.

Our Annual Report 2025 examines what this trend means for hotlines and the wider response to online child sexual exploitation 👉https://ow.ly/qSQe50YMBnv

Online child sexual exploitation and abuse thrives in the gaps - gaps in definitions, in reporting, and in accountability. These gaps have real implications for children, and for the child helplines and hotlines working every day to protect them.

On May 6th, join INHOPE, Child Helpline International, and the OECD as we unpack the latest global evidence on platform transparency - and hear directly from Offlimits and KJT-BEE SECURE on how it affects their daily operations.

🗓️Wednesday, May 6th,
🕒 15:00 CEST
📝 https://ow.ly/iwxW50YNRVy

Child Focus Belgium, our Hotline of the Month, launched Project Way Back Machine after receiving a single report from a vigilant citizen.

The report triggered a coordinated international initiative within the INHOPE network to remove child sexual abuse material (CSAM) from the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. The project gained tremendous momentum through a close partnership with the Irish Internet Hotline, and aims to ensure the permanent removal of CSAM from digital archives worldwide.

It's a powerful reminder that a single report can spark change on a global scale, and that international collaboration is essential to making the internet safer for children everywhere.