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Preventing Online Child Sexual Exploitation

Making the digital world a safer place for everyone

The Digital Child Exploitation Team at DIA is responsible
for keeping New Zealanders safe from online harm by responding to and preventing the spread of child sexual exploitation material. 

Report Online Child Exploitation Material
About the Digital Child Exploitation Team

• Read our 2025 Transparency Report

  The Digital Child Exploitation Transparency Report documents the work we are doing to keep people safe from harm.
  
  

• What is child sexual abuse material?

  Information about CSAM, objectionable material, and what to do if you accidentally find it.
  
  

• How NZ responds to online child sexual exploitation

  An overview of how the Department identifies and responds to online child sexual exploitation.

• Digital Child Exploitation Filtering System

  Learn about the filtering system that blocks websites known to host child sexual abuse material.

• Voluntary Principles to counter online child sexual exploitation

  Learn about the 11 Voluntary Principles.
  
  
  

• Legislation and legal process

  Learn about the legislation and legal processes that underpin our response to onlinhe child sexual exploitation.
  
  

• Prevention and education

  Learn about how we work to prevent online child sexual exploitation and educate people on the issue.
  
  

• News and research

  Our news releases, research, resources and digital child exploitation transparency reports.