Imprint Disclosure according to § 25 media law: Media owner, editor and proprietor (100%): Stopline c/o ISPA - Internet Service Providers Austria Verband der österreichischen Internet-Anbieter 1090 Wien, Währingerstrasse 3/18 E-mail: [email protected] Stopline advisory board: Peter Rastl, Kurt Einzinger, Richard Wein, Regine Buchmann, Günther Possegger, Gabriele Schmölzer, Michael Pilz, Wolfgang Schwabl, Christian Reiser, Barbara Haindl Chairwoman of the advisory board: Barbara Haindl General policy: The Stopline annual report as well as the www pages contribute to the information about the Stopline, which is a report ofce against illegal contents (child pornography and right-wing extremism) on the internet. Copyright: All rights reserved Liability restriction: The Stopline is not responsible for disadvantages resulting from incorrect or late contents, as well as from actions, which have been taken relying on the correctness of the contents. All documents from or referring to this website and their comprising information are not legally advisory but merely informative. Editor: Stopline Place of production and publication: Vienna Table of Content Preface ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2 1. History ................................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Foundation of the Hotline ............................................................................................................................ 3 1.2 The Hotline makes allies .............................................................................................................................. 3 1.3 The Hotline expands ................................................................................................................................... 3 1.4 Public relations of the .................................................................................................................................. 4 1.4.1 Lectures ............................................................................................................................................................5 2. Structure ................................................................................................................................................................ 6 2.1 The Stopline advisory board ......................................................................................................................... 6 2.1.1 The current members of the advisory board .........................................................................................................6 2.2 Cooperation with providers and public authorities .......................................................................................... 6 3. International ........................................................................................................................................................... 7 3.1 EU and INHOPE .......................................................................................................................................... 7 3.1.1 Members ...........................................................................................................................................................8 3.2 Further international activities....................................................................................................................... 8 4. Working method....................................................................................................................................................... 9 4.1 Reports to the Stopline ................................................................................................................................ 9 4.1.1 The Stopline works on the report ........................................................................................................................9 4.1.2 illegal material on websites and e-groups ...........................................................................................................10 4.1.3 Illegal contents in newsgroups ..........................................................................................................................10 4.1.4 Illegal contents in lesharing programs ..............................................................................................................10 4.1.5 E-mails .............................................................................................................................................................10 4.1.6 Chat and other services ....................................................................................................................................10 4.2 Reports to the provider ............................................................................................................................. 11 4.3 Check of success...? .................................................................................................................................. 11 4.4 Why solely child pornography and right-wing extremism? ............................................................................ 11 5. Legal / illegal ........................................................................................................................................................ 12 5.1 Legal matters - child pornography, national socialistic offences...................................................................... 12 5.1.1 Legal facts of child pornography in Austria ..........................................................................................................12 5.1.2 National socialist resurgence ..............................................................................................................................13 6. Facts and numbers ................................................................................................................................................. 14 6.1 Why are statistics created? ......................................................................................................................... 14 6.2 How are statistics created? ......................................................................................................................... 14 6.3 What is reported ....................................................................................................................................... 14 6.4 Tendencies ............................................................................................................................................... 15 7. Statistics ............................................................................................................................................................... 16 7.1 Statistics on internet services ...................................................................................................................... 16 7.2 Statistics on reported contents .................................................................................................................... 17 7.3 Statistics about the countries of origin 2002 ................................................................................................ 17 7.4 Comparison 2000 and 2001 ........................................................................................................................ 18 8. News of success?! ................................................................................................................................................. 19 ISPA.......................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Code of conduct......................................................................................................................................................... 22 Interpol ..................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Federal ofce for the protection of the constitution and the ght against terrorism.......................................................... 25 Stopline Annual Report 2002 - 1 - Preface Dear reader! Thank you for your interest in the work of Stopline! Now that another year of intensive and dedicated work has passed, we would like to take the opportunity of informing you again in this annual report about the activity of the Stopline as well as the improvements since the publication of the annual report 2001. At the beginning of this annual report we would like to point out that the reports to the Stopline have signicantly increased during the last year. In our opinion, this especially reects the increasing importance of the internet as well as the increasing sensibility of its users. However, it also reects the strong name recognition of the Stopline - this makes us proud, although most the reports have a sad background. The year 2002 has not brought general innovations in the Stopline‘s basic tasks. Nevertheless, we would like to inform you about the minor changes as well as the topical events. At this point I would like to take the opportunity - in the name of all Stopline staff members and advisory board members - of expressing my gratitude to you and to all