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". – Mr President, hotlines exist to take reports from the public about illegal content on the Internet. They deal with these reports in accordance with established procedures and pass them on as appropriate to police, Internet service providers and other hotlines.
The awareness projects funded under the Safer Internet Action Plan have as one of their tasks to spread awareness of hotlines. The expenditure in the period 1999 to 2002 totalled EUR 9.869 million. The Commission considers this to be the most cost-effective approach. This task will therefore continue for awareness notes under the new European Awareness Network which will be set up in the second phase of the Safer Internet Action Plan 2003-2004 where the honourable Member acted as rapporteur.
The Safer Internet Action Plan currently funds hotlines in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, the United Kingdom and Iceland, as well as the European Association of Hotlines.
Expenditure from the Community budget in the period 1999 to 2002 totalled EUR 3.9 million. The average annual contribution per hotline is EUR 76 500. The main method of contacting the hotlines is not via the telephone but through forms on web-pages and email. The hotlines have used a variety of methods to inform the public about how to contact them. For instance, in Spain, the national hotline has a hyperlink on the homepage of
the main Spanish portal.
The Commission does not currently have figures on the visibility of hotlines in terms of recognition by the general public, but a question about hotline visibility will be included in a Europe-wide Eurobarometer survey planned for later this year. I am sure that then we will have more accurate information.
Statistics show a steadily increasing number of reports to all hotlines. Over a six-month period, hotlines funded under the Safer Internet Action Plan processed more than 35 000 reports, of which almost 19 000 were reports on child pornography. The Commission considers this to be a significant number and that the hotlines give good value for money.
The situation underlying this number of reports is a matter of gravest concern. The Commission has been an active participant in further action to deal with it, including proposing a framework decision on child pornography. We are happy to supply further details on the actions and events provided by the hotlines directly to the honourable Member."@en1
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