Complaints in Greece about illegal content online rose 18.5% in 2023

Complaints about illegal content on the Internet increased 18.5% in 2023, compared with the previous year, with most of them relating to financial fraud, according to data released on Wednesday by SafeLine.gr, the Greek Safer Internet Center of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas.

The center said there was also a significant increase in complaints about child abuse and exploitation content. Parents have been calling the helpline (help-line.gr) run by the foundation for advice on how to limit their children’s involvement with technology.

Complaints about financial fraud increased by 14.9%, data breaches by 6.7%, and trafficking in child sexual abuse and exploitation content by 5.4%.

The global Internet safety organization INHOPE (of which SafeLine.gr is a member) has warned of new ways of disseminating child sexual abuse material by people who are unaware of the content of the pages they open.

The trend is for many children to engage in strange or even criminal behavior in order to make easy money by following the advice and instructions of influencers they treat as mentors.

INHOPE reports the alarming activity of websites that operate and are maintained through the pyramid scheme: In essence, they offer their users links and then allow them to accumulate points and thus access even more material, provided that they distribute the content online to as many users as possible.

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