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Resource: What Works to Prevent Online Violence Against Children?

This report (PDF, 70 pages) summarizes the scientific literature on what is currently known about the most effective strategies to prevent online violence against children (online VAC). While there is not yet a consensus on what types of violence and victimization should be included in online VAC, the following types are discussed this review: 

  • online child sexual exploitation and abuse (OCSEA), with its subcategories of online grooming, nonconsensual sexting and sexual extortion, child sexual abuse material production and distribution, and livestreaming of child sexual abuse 

  • cyber-aggression and cyber-harassment, with the subcategories of cyberbullying and cyberstalking 

Learn more (PDF, 70 pages).