Ride the Lightning
Cybersecurity and Future of Law Practice Blog
by Sharon D. Nelson Esq., President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc.
CyberTipline: Google Helps Make Reporting Child Exploitation Easier
January 17, 2012
Kudos to Google for providing assistance and technology to make it easier to report child exploitation. A recent press release from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) says the CyberTipLine, which is operated in partnership with a number of federal and state agencies, now has improved instructions and simplified steps.
Like most firms which provide computer forensics services in criminal cases, we see a dismaying amount of child porn and exploitation. It is disheartening to read the stats: An estimated 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 10 boys will be sexually victimized by the time they are 18. This is particularly meaningful to John and I as we both work as Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for abused and neglected children. If you've been looking for something meaningful to do to serve your community, you might want to check CASA out. Giving these children a voice is wonderful work.
Through November of last year, the CyberTipline had received over 276,000 reports. It was interesting to read that the general public submits about 45% of such reports with electronic service providers submitting 55%.
Joe Paterno may genuinely not have known what to do beyond what he did to report the exploitation of a young boy at Penn State but I sure wish he had known about the CyberTipline. The federal authorities would not have turned a blind eye as did, apparently, Penn State officials.
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