What Action Innocence does

Action Innocence is a private nonprofit foundation established in Geneva, Switzerland in 1999 by Valérie Wertheimer, recognized by decree of the Geneva State Council as a public-interest organization. The foundation operates child protection and digital wellness prevention programs across French-speaking Switzerland (Romandie), targeting children, adolescents, parents, and education/health/social professionals with free interventions addressing online risks including exposure to inappropriate content, cyberbullying, grooming, sexting, and screen-time management. Core offerings include the 'Grandir avec les écrans' school-based prevention program, the 'Citécrans' parent advice space opened in 2025 with Université de Genève, the 'Écrans, parlons-en!' large-scale public campaign with Ville de Genève featuring a mobile pavilion and traveling exhibition, video capsule series on harassment developed with CIAO, and the DIS NO perpetrator-prevention helpline partnership. The foundation also supports professional training via a CAS program on harassment prevention with HETSL/HEP Vaud and conducts academic research on screen effects, including the SWIPE study with UNIGE. Historically, the foundation developed the AntiPedoFiles tracking software provided to police forces until 2018, contributing to thousands of arrests, but has since pivoted fully toward educational and advisory prevention. The organization operates from a single Geneva headquarters with 13 employees and is funded through partnerships with cantons, cities, academic institutions, NGOs, and private patrons.

Name

Action Innocence

Legal name

Action Innocence

Website

https://actioninnocence.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Action Innocence is a Geneva-based nonprofit foundation, established in 1999, that delivers free digital-safety prevention programs and advisory services to children, parents, and professionals across French-speaking Switzerland through schools, public campaigns, and academic partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child Protection and Digital Safety Prevention Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Child and Youth Services (624110), Educational Services (611), Human Rights Organizations (813311)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth Justice, At-Risk Youth & Violence Prevention Nonprofits (BPAGADAM), Protection Services (GBV, Child Protection, Legal Aid) (BPADADAH)

Keywords

• Child digital safety
• Online risk prevention
• Cyberbullying prevention
• Screen use education
• Harassment awareness campaigns

Headquarters

HQ city

Geneva

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Foundation/Nonprofit Operations: Action Innocence operates as a private foundation recognized as a public-interest organization. The foundation appears to be funded through partnerships with public institutions (cities, cantons) and private support.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Action Innocence is a Swiss nonprofit foundation that develops and delivers free digital safety prevention programs for children, adolescents, parents, and professionals in French-speaking Switzerland. Its core offerings include the "Grandir avec les \u00e9crans" school-based prevention modules, the Cit\u00e9crans parent advisory service, multimedia awareness campaigns (video capsules, exhibitions, mobile pavilions), and joint perpetrator prevention support with DIS NO.

Product overview

Action Innocence is a private foundation offering a portfolio of child protection and digital wellness services rather than a unified software product. Its core offerings include the Grandir avec les écrans prevention program delivering educational modules to children about online risks, the CitÉcrans parent advice service providing free consultations on screen management, and partnership-based support services through DIS NO. The foundation also produces extensive multimedia prevention content including video capsules on harassment topics and immersive campaigns like Histoires gravées and Écrans, parlons-en! featuring traveling exhibitions and mobile pavilions. Professional training is offered through a CAS program on harassment prevention developed with HETSL. Historical technology offerings include the AntiPedoFiles tracking software (discontinued 2018).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AntiPedoFiles: Programme that developed tracking software freely available to police forces until 2018 to combat child pornography.
• Grandir avec les écrans
• CitÉcrans
• Écrans, parlons-en !
• DIS NO

Products and services

• Grandir avec les \u00e9crans (Growing up with screens) Core prevention program developing modules for children to raise awareness of risks associated with Internet use, including exposure to shocking/illegal images, sharing personal information, harmful encounters, sexting, and cyberbullying. Designed for educators, parents, and children.
• Cit\u00e9crans Free advice space for parents of children aged 0-12, offering individual consultations on screen-related concerns including smartphone age-appropriateness, acceptable screen time, and impact on child development. Located in Plainpalais, Geneva.
• DIS NO Partnership Partnership service with DIS NO Association providing confidential, non-judgmental helpline (0800 600 400), email support, and online chat for individuals concerned about sexual thoughts or behaviors involving children, with the aim of preventing sexual abuse.
• Harassment Prevention Video Capsules Series of video capsules addressing multiple forms of harassment (street harassment, sexual harassment at work, psychological harassment at work, bullying-intimidation between students) targeting 14-18 year olds, developed in partnership with CIAO.
• Histoires grav\u00e9es (Engraved Stories) Anti-cyberbullying campaign featuring school desks engraved by street artists with anti-harassment messages, accompanied by a VR application that brings drawings to life through animated videos, targeting 12-16 year olds.
• \u00c9crans, parlons-en! (Let's talk screens!) Large-scale prevention campaign addressing screen use in daily life, featuring traveling exhibition, mobile pavilion, family animation weekends, and public awareness materials developed with Ville de Gen\u00e8ve.
• CAS Pr\u00e9vention des ph\u00e9nom\u00e8nes de harc\u00e8lement-intimidation Certificate of Advanced Studies program on harassment and intimidation prevention in school, paraprofessional, and institutional settings, developed by HETSL in collaboration with HEP Vaud with Action Innocence support.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3000+ attendees at major public campaign events
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship, major and minor.

• CIAOcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Partnership initiated in 2017 for joint actions targeting adolescents and young adults. Action Innocence provides 'répondance' (expert responses) for digital practice questions on CIAO.ch platform. Since 2019, partners produce video capsules for the CIAO website and Action Innocence school interventions.
• Université de GenèvecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for research and the CitÉcrans consultation center. University researchers collaborate on studies including screen exposure effects on young children (6-36 months) and university provides venue for parent advisory services in Plainpalais.
• DIS NOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration since 2019 focused on perpetrator prevention. DIS NO provides confidential helpline (0800 600 400) for individuals concerned about sexual thoughts involving minors. Joint 2025 campaign addresses consumption of child sexual abuse material.
• Ville de GenèveflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerMajor campaign partner for the Écrans, parlons-en initiative including itinerant pavilion, traveling exhibition, and family weekend events. City department of social cohesion and solidarity (DCSS) co-funds and co-organizes prevention activities.
• Département de l'instruction publique, de la formation et de la jeunesse (DIP)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerCantonal education department partner for school-based prevention programs. Supports the itinerant pavilion campaign targeting 5P and 6P students, and the cantonal anti-cyberbullying program.
• Ville de LausannemajorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership for youth screen awareness campaign with slogans created by approximately 40 young people. City co-develops and distributes public advertising and prevention materials.
• Canton de VaudcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCantonal partner for prevention initiatives, including participation in the UPSPS (Unité de promotion de la santé et de prévention en milieu scolaire) for harassment-intimidation campaign development.
• Canton de NeuchâtelminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRegional government partner for prevention activities in the canton.
• ECAL (Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArt school collaborated on anti-bullying campaign designing symbolic benches for schoolyards, involving students in creation process.
• HETS-GENEVE (Haute école de travail social de Genève)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership including study on Action Innocence's prevention practices (2016-2018) conducted by Sylvie Mezzena's team, analyzing intervention methodologies.
• HETSL (Haute école de travail social de Lausanne)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on CAS (Certificate of Advanced Studies) program on harassment-intimidation prevention, developed with HEP Vaud and Action Innocence support since 2020.
• Promotion santé ValaisminorGTM or Marketing PartnerHealth promotion organization in Valais for practice exchange and regional prevention coordination.
• REPERminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFribourg-based prevention organization using Action Innocence video capsules in schools, with joint pedagogical sequences developed for teachers.
• ThéâtrochampminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTheatre company partnered for 'Interconnecté·e·s' production by 12 young actors addressing screen and internet use, performed in 2024.
• PROFAminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRomandie health and prevention services provider partnering on prevention activities.
• Fondation CarfagniminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for puppet show productions delivering early childhood prevention messages.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC): U.S. nonprofit operating a CyberTipline and child exploitation prevention programs. Comparable in combining law enforcement cooperation, prevention education, and public campaigns targeting online child sexual exploitation.
• ECPAT International: Global network dedicated to ending the sexual exploitation of children. Highly comparable mission to Action Innocence (child protection from exploitation, online and offline), with a broader international footprint and policy advocacy role.
• Common Sense Media: U.S. nonprofit providing digital literacy, screen time, and online safety education for children and families. Comparable educational prevention portfolio (especially Grandir avec les écrans) targeted at children, parents, and educators.

Direct peers

• Internet Watch Foundation (IWF): UK-based hotline and reporting body for child sexual abuse material, also providing prevention resources. Directly comparable to Action Innocence's AntiPedoFiles heritage and broader digital child protection mandate.
• Stop It Now!: Helpline and prevention service for individuals concerned about their own or others' sexual thoughts/behaviors toward children. Closely parallels Action Innocence's DIS NO partnership on perpetrator prevention.
• Thorn: U.S. nonprofit building technology to combat child sexual exploitation, including tools for identifying victims and perpetrator deterrence. Comparable technology-and-prevention twin mandate and law enforcement collaboration.
• Internet Matters: UK-based nonprofit providing online safety guidance, school resources, and parent advisory content. Closely comparable in school-based interventions, parent support, and digital safety education.
• Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI): International nonprofit promoting safe and responsible online use through research, policy, and education. Comparable focus on digital safety education, parent guidance, and school-based prevention.
• Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P): Canadian nonprofit operating Cybertip.ca and prevention programs including Commit to Kids. Comparable combination of reporting/intake technology, child exploitation prevention, and educator training.

Regional players

• Association CIAO: Romandie-based youth information and listening platform partnering with Action Innocence on video capsules and harassment campaigns. Comparable Swiss-francophone audience and youth-focused prevention content.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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