4.6. in such programmes, provide children and young people with training on assertiveness, empathy, problem solving, emotion management and help seeking;

4.7. implement comprehensive sexuality education that covers the issues of online dating and relationships in depth and aims to counter portrayals of violence in sexual relationships and homophobic bullying and raise awareness about the fight against the oversexualisation of children;

4.8. run information and awareness-raising campaigns on harmful deepfakes, including those of a pornographic nature; ban deepfakes and ensure their removal from digital platforms.

5. The Assembly recommends that member States work closely with stakeholders in the technologyindustry in order to:

5.1. improve the development of policies and regulatory frameworks and facilitate their appropriation and implementation by the technology industry;

5.2. increase the accountability and responsibility of stakeholders in the technology industry to protect child users, including by requiring them to provide assistance to law enforcement authorities in terms of technical support and equipment to facilitate the identification of perpetrators of crimes against children and the collection of evidence required for criminal proceedings;

5.3. develop and implement policies that address cyberbullying, harassment and incitement to hatred and violence in the digital environment, including clear information on unacceptable behaviour, reporting mechanisms and the importance of support for children affected by such conduct;

5.4. integrate safety and privacy in the design and by default, while taking into account children’s right to protection from violence online, as guiding principles for the features and functionalities of products and services intended for or used by children.

6. In line of the latest edition of the European Day on the Protection of Children against SexualExploitation and Sexual Abuse on 18 November 2023, the Assembly is convinced of the importance oflearning from victims and survivors of childhood sexual violence in order to develop effective policies based onreal-life experiences. It recommends that member States listen to victims of childhood online violence, takingall necessary precautions, when drawing up measures and policies to prevent, protect against and combatonline violence.

7. The Assembly notes the importance of international and cross-border co-operation in protectingchildren from online violence and calls for as many countries as possible around the world to accede to therelevant treaties and effective mechanisms that already exist. In this respect, it calls for:

7.1. observer States and St ates whose parliaments enjoy observer or partner for democracy status with the Assembly to accede to the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (CETS No. 201, Lanzarote Convention);

7.2. member and observer States of the Council of Europe, and States whose parliaments enjoy observer or partner for democracy status with the Assembly that have not yet done so to accede to the Convention on Cybercrime (ETS No. 185, Budapest Convention);

7.3. Council of Europe member States that have not yet done so to join Interpol and its International Child Sexual Exploitation Database to exchange information on child sexual abuse cases.

8. The Assembly commends the Committee of the Parties to the Convention on the Protection of Childrenagainst Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (Lanzarote Committee) for its work on the second monitoringround (2017-2022) on the implementation of the Lanzarote Convention, focusing on the protection of childrenagainst sexual exploitation and sexual abuse facilitated by information and communication technologies(ICTs) and addressing the challenges raised by child self-generated sexual images and/or videos. It invitesthe States Parties to the Lanzarote Convention to pursue their work on children and emerging technologies, inparticular artificial intelligence and the virtual world, in greater depth, taking into consideration new risks forchildren, including those linked to deepfakes of a sexual or pornographic nature.

9. The Assembly is determined to further examine the issue of “violent pornography”, includingpornography available online, taking into account the specific problem of children being exposed to suchcontent.

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