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This program’s objectives are to promote public awareness of the CyberTipline®, formerly known as the National Child Pornography Tip Line. The CyberTipline® is a registered trademark of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and is a law enforcement priority tool. This funding opportunity is intended to support promotional global activities to educate law enforcement, the public, electronic service providers (ESPs) and other entities, of the benefits of using the CyberTipline® to make reports of abduction, abuse, and sexual exploitation of children and to assist law enforcement globally in their investigations and recovery of those children.
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It is expected that the number of reports provided by the public, ESP’s and companies such as Facebook, Twitter and Google regarding child exploitation will continue to increase during FY2016 as more people and companies become aware of this format to provide information regarding these crimes. We can’t predict the percent of increase in the reports generated, but expect it will continue to be a significant increase. In turn the reports continue to facilitate the abilities and actions of law enforcement and prosecutors and the capability to continue to be more effective in securing the internet, the homeland, the people and their way of life.
The number of reports provided by the public, ESP’s and companies such as Facebook, Twitter and Google regarding child exploitation increased during FY2016 as more people and companies became aware of this format to provide information regarding these crimes. Reports generated also increased and continue to facilitate the abilities and actions of law enforcement and prosecutors and the capability to continue to be more effective in securing the internet, the homeland, the people and their way of life.
It is expected that the number of CyberTipline® reports provided globally by the public, ESP’s and companies such as Facebook, Twitter and Google regarding child exploitation will continue to increase during FY2017 as more people and companies become aware of this format to provide information regarding these child exploitation crimes. We can’t predict the percent of increase in the reports generated, but expect it will continue to be a significant increase. In turn, the CyberTipline® reports continue to facilitate the abilities and actions of law enforcement and prosecutors and the capability to continue to be more effective in securing the internet, the homeland, the people and their way of life.
Through the current time for the Fiscal Year 2018 Grant period, the promotion to make the public, ESPs and other entities, along with law enforcement throughout the world aware of the CyberTipline and the benefits of making reports regarding abduction, abuse and sexual exploitation of children, have provided an increase of 5% of the number of reports received through the CyberTipline, however, the method of reporting has been streamlined by many to report a suspect one time with all of the related reports instead of with each report separately. This causes the amount of reports reviewed to reflect a smaller number/percentage, however, this does not mean that reporting has decreased during the current Grant period. There has also been a 25% increase in the number of ESPs enrolled to provide reports as compared to the same time period during the previous fiscal year Grant period. The actual increase in CyberTipline reports from the public, ESPs and other entities are continuing to facilitate the abilities and actions of law enforcement and prosecutors globally, to include the recovery of victims, and the capability to continue to be more effective in securing the internet, the homeland, the people, and their way of life.
2019 - As expected the number of CyberTipline® reports provided globally by the public, ESP’s and companies such as Facebook, Twitter and Google regarding child exploitation continued to increase during FY2019 as more people and companies became aware of this format to provide information regarding these child exploitation crimes. The CyberTipline® reports continue to facilitate the abilities and actions of law enforcement and prosecutors and the capability to continue to be more effective in securing the internet, the homeland, the people and their way of life.
In 2020, the number of Cyber Tipline reports increased by 28% over 2019 numbers. The reports from the public in 2020 more than doubled from 2019.
While total reports received within fiscal years can fluctuate and are hard to predict, in FY 2021, HSI received a 7% decrease (22,410,22) in the number of Cyber Tipline reports, including those reported by the public, private sector, and ESPs for further investigation as opposed to the previous year (2020) when there was a 58 % increase from 2019. HSI prioritized the identification and rescue of victims and increased the number of offenders prosecuted for the sexual exploitation and abuse of children, as well as increased outreach to public and private entities to raise awareness of protecting children from being harmed online and to provide resources and contact information to report abuse of suspicious behavior.
In FY 2022, 9.3 million more CyberTipline® reports were received than the number of reports received in FY 2021, resulting in a 42% increase. In June 2022, a global virtual roundtable was held to address the rising concerns regarding sextortion and has resulted in an increase in industry reporting of financial sextortion of minors.
In FY 2023, 32.6 million CyberTipline® reports were received, resulting in a 300% increase in reports involving online enticement. This included exponential growth in reports of financial sextortion utilizing threats of blackmail for financial gain. Of the CyberTipline® reports, 91% resolved to locations outside of the U.S., which HSI provided a conduit of communication for countries NCMEC does not have a direct connection of communication.
HSI will continue to promote the use of CyberTipline® reports by the public and electronic service providers (ESP) to assist law enforcement in identifying and rescuing victims of sexual exploitation and abuse: to include the increased trends of sextortion utilizing blackmail, generative AI (GAI), and the newest trends of child exploitation that encourage children to commit acts of self-harm.
HSI will continue to promote the use of CyberTipline® reports by the public and electronic service providers (ESP) to assist law enforcement in identifying and rescuing victims of sexual exploitation and abuse: to include the increased trends of sextortion utilizing blackmail, generative AI (GAI), and the newest trends of child exploitation that encourage children to commit acts of self-harm.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
