Osmocop: a new World Observatory against Paedophilia
A highly specialized Office for monitoring, analyzing, processing and reporting online
paedophilia is to work alongside the New Centre for Child Protection established by
Institute of Psychology at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
The Office
is called Osmocop, and as Linda Bordoni reports, it was launched on Tuesday morning
during a press conference at Vatican Radio.
Just a couple of days after the
closing of the symposium for bishops and religious superiors on sexual abuse, and
the launch of an e-learning center for child protection based in Munich, Vatican Radio’s
general director, father Federico Lombardi, played host to the Italian Associazione
Meter that presented its annual report, and illustrated a new World Observatory against
Paedophilia called Osmocop.
The founder of the association, don Fortunato
Di Noto, is well known for his tireless work informing civil and judicial authorities
on the presence of criminal organizations on Internet, and for the support and counselling
his association offers to victims of paedophilia.
Osmocop – he says - offers
a substantial and important contribution to the fight against the scourge of online
paedophilia, which is escalating alarmingly as demonstrated by Meter’s annual report.
This, thanks also to the collaboration of experienced professionals in fields of technology
and psychology who are able to identify and evaluate criminal paedophilia organizations
and individuals.
As father Di Noto explained, it processes streams of data
from the internet, it collects and receives reports from users browsing the web, and
any sites or domains with content deemed harmful to minors are immediately be forwarded
to the police.
Osmocop also aims to educate people on how to monitor and report
suspicious sites, to raise awareness and to promote the proper use of the internet
by minors. listen to the report...