SafeLine: 2003-2010

SafeLine started its operations on the 14th of April 2003. It is the only Internet hotline in Greece that accepts reports for illegal online content and  is an official member of INHOPE (International Association of Internet Hotlines) as from the 18th of October 2005.

SafeLine’s first priority is to eliminate photographic and audiovisual material that portrays ill-treatment of minors and to safeguard their right of safe online surfing. In addition, children’s harassment through the Internet or a mobile phone as well as. violence, racism, xenophobia and in general anything that can be considered as illegal according to the Greek Legislation are also SafeLine’s primary concerns.
In 2008 SafeLine joined forces with the Greek Awareness Node. A new Helpline  ΥποΣΤΗΡΙΖΩ of the Adolescent Health Unit of “Aglaia Kyriakou’ Children’s Hospital (free phone number  800 11 800 15) was created and together with the above mentioned bodies, the Greek Safer Internet Node was born for a more unified and organised effort.

SafeLine operates under the umbrella of Safer Internet Programme of the European Community within the framework of the NetWatch, SafeLine, SafeLine2 and Saferinternet EL AN-HL-HELP projects. 

Its operation and implementation has been assigned to the following institutions:
 

	Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Institute of Computer Science, http://www.ics.forth.gr
	Hellenic Self-Regulatory Body for Internet Content,http://www.safenet.gr

SafeLine was founded in 2003 by the Greek Telecommunications and Telematic Applications S.A. (FORTHNET), the Hellenic Self-Regulatory Body for Internet Content (SAFENET), the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Institute of Computer Science  and the Foundation of the Hellenic World (FHW).

The above mentioned organizations participated financially for SafeLine’s operations (along with "Safer Internet Action Plan") up until 2008. As from the 1st of January 2009, SafeLine operates according to its present composition.