About us

This site was built by Applied Research and Communications Fund in the framework of the SAFE-NET BG project supported by the European Commission. Its goal is to establish a national Safer Internet Hotline in Bulgaria that should enable local Internet users to report incidences of harmful and illegal content disseminated over the Internet, with a special focus on child pornography. At the initial stage of its implementation the hotline will be primarily concerned with issues of child pornography on the Internet but, as the service gains experience and public recognition, the scope of activity will be extended to cover also other forms of harmful content and conduct, as well as other interactive technologies (incl. mobile, online games, chat channels, etc.)

The institutional framework for the hotline's operation already exists and national responsibilities with regard to safer Internet have been defined. The hotline is managed by the Applied Research and Communications Fund in partnership with the State Agency for Information Technologies and Communications, the State Agency for Child Protection, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Education and Science, and under the general supervision of a Public Council on Safer Internet Use in Bulgaria.

The Bulgarian hotline will support the European network by co-operating with and assisting the network co-ordinator, exchanging reports with other members of the network, participating in network meetings and working groups established by the network, and in other collaborative activities, such as drafting of Best Practice Papers and documentation or training schemes to exchange expertise between hotlines.

From October 2006 the Bulgarian hotline is provisional member of the International Association of Internet Hotlines (INHOPE).