2. CHILD ONLINE PROTECTION 2.1 NATIONAL LEGISLATION Specific legislation on child online protection has been enacted through the following instrument: Child Act (Article 96 and 116) 2.2 UN CONVENTION AND PROTOCOL Egypt has acceded, with no declarations or reservations to articles 16, 17(e) and 34(c), to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Egypt has acceded, with no declarations or reservations to articles 2 and 3, to the Optional Protocol to The Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography. 2.3 INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT TEDate (*) was established in 2001 by Egypt Telecom (*) and is Egypt’s largest IP based data communications vehicle. Its service is supervised by the National Telecommunication Regulatory Agency (NTRA). TEData launched the “Family Internet” service to protect children from inappropriate content exposure on the web. Egypt has led efforts to establish and currently chairs the ITU’s Council Working Group for Child Online Protection (CWG-COP) since 2010. At the national level, a national COP Committee was established in May 2013, with representatives from key stakeholders from governmental entities, private sector, academia and professional associations. Three national COP competitions were organized in 2013/14, in addition to several awareness workshops, seminars, and training of trainers sessions. 2.4 REPORTING MECHANISM Complaints can be addresses to the Child helpline using the number: 16000. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------DISCLAIMER: Please refer to http://www.itu.int/en/Pages/copyright.aspx More information is available on ITU website at http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Cybersecurity/Pages/default.aspx Last updated on 07th November 2014 4