Internet Association Japan Akio Kokubu APrIGF Session M5 Protection of Children from Cybercrimes on the Internet 20th July 2012 (Friday) 14:30-16:00 Introduction to the Internet Hotline Center and Promotion of Internet Literacy for Children Internet Association Japan Akio Kokubu

Introduction to the Internet Hotline Center in Japan

What We Do What the Center Do Statistical Figure of the Hotline The Internet Hotline Center Japan accepts reports of illegal and harmful content on the Internet from the public. It analyzes all of received reports. Illegal and harmful information are forwarded to the National Police Agency, and then to ISPs for removal. Statistical Figure of the Hotline Over 170,000 reports were received in 2011. Illegal information was over 35,000 and harmful information was about 10,000. Operational Guidelines The operational guidelines which were prepared by Scholars, Internet Industry Associations, the National Police Agency, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications are used as a reference in judgement of reported content.

A Reporting System for Illegal and Harmful Information on the Internet

Offer of Child Pornography List to the Blocking Body (ICSA) 　Address List Offer National Police Agency Internet Hotline Center Information Sources Site Administrators Complaint procedure - Enforcement of blocking - Exclusion in search results - Inclusion in filtering list Steering Committee Internet Content Safety Association Business Body 　Information - Preparation - Maintenance - Offer to Business Body - Management and release of statistical data - Supervision of the address list organization - Revision of the operational guidelines, etc. Supervision Child pornography on a specific URL and corresponds to the following cases: - Child pornography which was requested to delete and was not deleted - Child pornography which is stored in a server in foreign countries - Child pornography which is difficult to request to delete to site administrators Subject scope of the address list Items the organization is expected to work - ISPs - Search Engines - Filtering Software, etc.

International Cooperation INHOPE (International Association of Internet Hotlines) A practical network which consists of 42 hotlines in 36 countries in the world Automatic reporting from shared database for child pornography is one of everyday works in member hotlines. Two meetings & training courses in a year in Europe (Why in Europe because co-funded by the EU) APIH (Asia Pacific Information Hotline Network) A kind of Asia Pacific regional network of the INHOPE Korea, Taiwan and Japan are members (recruiting new members) A meeting once a year in turn

Promotion of Internet Literacy for Children

Transition of Internet Literacy Seminars for Children Times One Hundred School Project for Elementary School Children with Tokyo Metropolitan Government The Total Number of Seminars is 676 between 2003 and 2011 Fiscal Year

Online Knowledge Examination for Internet Rules and Manners Target: From elementary school fourth graders to junior high-school third graders. Goal: To measure objectively knowledge of rules and manners for safe utilization of the Internet. Method: For a question making a choice in answer candidates. Questions: 30 questions based on content of “The Internet Rules and Manners Guideline for Children.” Fee: Free. Successful applicants may request a certificate card with a fee. Achievements: 145 thousands mainly junior high-school students took this examination. Child Version

Text Books for Learning Internet Rules and Manners Text book for Children (2nd Edition) Text book for Parents and Guardians

Development of Filtering Technologies

Development of Filtering Technologies Filtering Technologies for PCs As a METI Project in 1996-1999 Rating Standard [SafetyOnline] Label Bureau Based on PICS Standard of W3C Filtering Software for Windows and Mac Filtering Technologies for Mobile Phones As a MIC Project in 2006-2007 Mobile Phone Operators and Filtering Software Companies joined Demonstration with Server-side Filtering Software

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