🛡️ 1. “Stop Child Abuse / #StopChildAbuse”
- National awareness campaign focused on online child sexual exploitation
- Run through Spain’s cybersecurity and child safety bodies
- Educates families, schools, and society on:
- grooming signs
- online coercion
- reporting abuse
👉 Focus: prevention + early detection, especially online
🧠 2. Government violence prevention campaigns (children & teens)
- Ongoing campaigns from the Ministry of Youth and Children (Ministerio de Juventud e Infancia)
- Includes advertising and awareness campaigns on:
- sexual abuse
- grooming
- peer violence
- exploitation
👉 Focus: making abuse visible and encouraging reporting
🏫 3. School-based prevention programmes (LOPIVI law)
- Built around Organic Law 8/2021 (child protection law)
- Requires schools to:
- appoint protection coordinators
- detect and report abuse
- educate children on boundaries and consent
👉 Focus: early prevention in education settings
🧩 4. Barnahus child protection model (expanding in Spain)
- A European-backed system now being implemented across Spain
- Creates child-friendly centres where victims receive:
- police interviews
- psychological support
- legal protection in one safe space
👉 Focus: reducing trauma during investigation
🌐 5. Online safety & digital exploitation campaigns
- National cybercrime agencies run campaigns about:
- grooming
- sextortion
- image-based abuse
- fake identities online
- Includes public awareness messaging like:
- “online child sexual abuse is real”
👉 Focus: internet safety and prevention of grooming networks
📱 6. New government measures on social media harm
- Spain is increasing regulation of platforms linked to child exploitation risks
- Includes proposals and actions such as:
- investigating tech companies over CSAM risks
- tighter control of harmful AI-generated content
👉 Focus: holding platforms accountable, not just individuals
🧠 Big picture in Spain right now
Spain’s approach combines:
- ⚖️ Strong criminal law (very strict penalties)
- 🏫 Education + school safeguarding
- 🌐 Cybercrime enforcement (Europol-linked operations)
- 🧒 Child-first justice systems (Barnahus model)
- 📢 Public awareness campaigns
⚠️ Important reality
These campaigns exist because:
- grooming is largely online and hidden
- cases are often international and organised
- prevention relies heavily on early awareness and reporting