Introduction

The amount of notifications that anti-CSAM organizations receive grows exponentially every year. As a result, checking, handling and documenting all these reports can easily overwhelm whole teams.

Our Sexual Child Abuse Reporting Tool (SCARt) automates and simplifies CSAM-handling and reporting processes. Through its easy-to-use interface, CSAM can quickly be identified and follow-up actions can be initiated at the touch of a button. A wide range of features help teams stay organized thanks to monitoring and automatic (re)notification.

About SCARt

SCARt is developed and maintained by the AbuseIO Foundation. In 2013, this Dutch non-profit organization began releasing free-to-use software and tools to help detect, manage and resolve internet abuse. AbuseIO developed SCARt initially for the Dutch CSAM Hotline ("Offlimits") simplify their abuse report handling.

Created together with the Dutch Expertise Centre for Online Child Sexual Abuse and our technology partners, S3group, the software has drastically reduced abuse report handling times since its implementation in 2019. Over time, SCARt’s functionality has increased, and the software is now ready for use by other CSAM Hotlines and similar organizations around the world. As of today, hotlines in Denmark, Sweden, Romania, and Finland are using SCARt.

Funded

SCARt is funded through grants, donations and the hard work of the open source community. Together, we can help keep children safe around the world.

Special thanks goes to:

  • INHOPE, the global network of hotlines, for funding parts of SCARt and their expert contributions, more info on https://inhope.org/;
  • Ministry of Justice and Security, the Dutch ministry, for funding parts of SCARt, more info on https://www.government.nl/ministries/ministry-of-justice-and-security;
  • Offlimits, the Dutch hotline, for their support in kind and for starting SCARt with AbuseIO, more info on https://www.offlimits.nl/;
  • S3group, a Dutch software and technology company, for their support in kind and for being the main contributor to the software, more info on https://s3group.nl/;
  • SIDN fonds, a Dutch fund that supports a strong internet for all, for funding the first versions of SCARt, more info on https://www.sidnfonds.nl/;
  • and all the other fans of SCARt.

More info

AbuseIO is a non-profit (ANBI) foundation, located in the Netherlands. It is run by volunteers. More information on the foundation and other activities by AbuseIO on https://abuse.io/. Contact us on info@abuse.io.