Internet Hotline

On the European Day for Victims of Crime, Internet Hotline (IH), the legal assistance service of the National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH) draws attention to abusive content generated by artificial intelligence (AI), with particular emphasis on the risks posed by so-called “nudifying” applications.

Over the past two months, the National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH) received around one hundred and fifty reports of websites misusing the names of MVM Next and NAV, the Hungarian tax authority.

Alongside women, an increasing number of men are being sextorted with intimate images in the digital space, warns the online legal assistance service of the NMHH.

The Internet Hotline Legal Assistance Service operated by the Office of the National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH), draws attention to the fact that publicly accessible teen dating groups on social media are frequently exploited by perpetrators to groom and sexually solicit children. Many of these groups, which often count thousands of members, include numerous registered users who have not yet reached the age of 13, with a significant number of users under 10 years old.

The majority of reports submitted to the Legal Assistance Service of the National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH) continue to relate to the online sexual abuse of children.

The analysts found that nine out of ten recordings featured children under 13 years old, and 98% of the recordings were of girls.

It was important that children understood exactly what kind of problems they could contact the Internet Hotline with and what help they could get to solve these problems, thus the authority also prepared the information in a “child-friendly language”.

The autumn campaign of the Internet Hotline – the legal advisory service run by the National Media and Infocommunications Authority – aims to combat online abuse, in particular intimate image abuse, grooming and cyberbullying.

Between the 2^nd and 4^th of October, Internet Hotline hosted the colleagues of the Moldovan and Serbian hotlines. The Moldovan colleague’s participation was funded by INHOPE under the Peer-to-Peer exchange programme. The analyst of the Serbian hotline joined the study trip through self-funding. The primary aim of the programme was to give colleagues an insight into the operation and analytical practice of the NMHH’s Internet Hotline, but the meeting also meant a common reflection, sharing of knowledge and practices for all participants.

Analysts from the National Media and Infocommunications Authority’s (NMHH) Internet Hotline (IH) had the unique opportunity to undertake a study visit at the UK-based Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). The IWF is recognised as one of the world’s leading hotlines and plays a key role in the fight against child sexual exploitation. During their two-day visit, IH analysts gained insight into the IWF’s operations and brought back a wide range of valuable experiences.

UNHCR has published two new booklets, one for adults and one for youngsters, which present practical, real-life examples to illustrate online threats and the various protection strategies for refugees.

INHOPE, the international association combating child sexual exploitation, published its 2022 Annual Report.

The campaign of the Internet Hotline (IH), the information and help service of NMHH, focuses primarily on the issue of intimate images taken by children of themselves.

An exceptional amount of child pornography content was reported, but the number of phishing attempts and sharing personal data without consent also rose in 2020, according to the internet information and help service of the National Media and Infocommunications Authority.

Almost twice as many 7-8-year-old children had mobile phones last year than in 2017, according to a representative survey by the National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH).

In the Other content harmful to minors category, we expect to receive reports of content which the reporting person deems to be harmful to the mental, spiritual, moral or physical development of minors and that does not fit into any of the other reporting categories.

In the Content published without consent category, we expect to receive reports of cases where an image, video, audio recording or other personal data concerning a person or their child is published online without their permission or consent.

In the category of Online harassment, concerned parties can report on intentional, usually repeated online abuse taking place over an extended period of time, often in public. The harassment can be aimed at annoying, humiliating, shaming or even taking revenge on the victim.

In the Child pornography, online sexual abuse of children category, we accept reports of online sexual abuse and exploitation of children, including content depicting such abuse and exploitation.

In the Racist content, incitement against a community category, we accept reports of content that incites hatred against a community or its member, or incites others to commit violence based on some protected feature of them. Such features may include being member of a particular national, ethnic, racial or religious group, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.

In the Phishing content category, you can report content available on the internet that is intended to deliberately mislead and defraud persons of their personal (name, address, birth data, username, password) or financial (bank account number, bank card identification data, PIN) data. Reports of instances of online financial fraud are typically received in this category.

Pénzügyi online visszaélést megvalósító adathalász tartalom (PIHE) tartalom kategóriában olyan interneten elérhető tartalmak esetén lehet hozzánk fordulni, melyek célja, hogy pénzügyi (bankszámlaszám, bankkártya azonosító adatai, PIN-kód) adatokat csaljanak ki a szándékosan megtévesztett személyektől. Jellemzően online pénzügyi csalásokkal kapcsolatos jelzések érkeznek ebben a kategóriában.

In this category, we accept reports of websites, e-mails and messages that promote or encourage drug use.

In this category, we accept reports of websites, emails and messages that are alleged to incite, promote or facilitate terrorism.