Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken:
Through support for the Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online, IFAW and partners have helped global technology companies (primarily in the US, SE Asia and Europe) improve and enforce policies on wildlife cybercrime. The coalition now includes 47 technology companies, including the biggest names in the world. To date over 11 million posts advertising wildlife or wildlife products have been blocked or removed, over 2,300 company staff trained in detecting illegal activity; and more than 11,000 suspect listings flagged with companies and enforcement agencies through dedicated cyber-spotter programs, which have lead directly to investigations and prosecutions by a number of governments authorities.
Thanks to policy influencing efforts, the new EU Digital Services Act explicitly references the illegal trade of animals in the definition of “illegal content” to be governed by the DSA. Measures under the DSA should help incentivise better enforcement of wildlife cybercrime by digital services providers in the EU.
What challenges have you encountered in implementing this Resolution and what measures have you taken to overcome them?:
Digital market places continue to present a large challenge given their huge scale and relative anonymity. Despite improvements in many company policies and some government policies, regulation and enforcement efforts continue to lag behind the scale of effort required to address the problem. Similarly generating financial resources to tackle the problem at scale remains a challenge.
