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Emerging Policy Issues

  • REPORT Act’s First Anniversary (U.S.)

    May 7, 2025

     

    On May 7, 2024, the REPORT Act was signed into law in the U.S., marking a significant advancement in the fight against online child sexual exploitation. Among other modifications, the REPORT Act requires online platforms to report online enticement and child sex trafficking to the CyberTipline for the first time and requires platforms to maintain material relating to a CyberTipline report for up to one year. The law is already making a major impact.

     

    Online enticement reports to NCMEC’s CyberTipline rose from a monthly average of 42,230 in the last 6 months of 2024 to a monthly average of 69,636 for the first 4 months of 2025.

     

    Child sex trafficking reports received by NCMEC’s CyberTipline in the first 3 months of 2025 exceeded the total child sex trafficking reports received in all of 2024.

     

    See NCMEC’s REPORT Act guidance for more information.

  • TAKE IT DOWN Act (U.S.)

    April 28, 2025

     

    The U.S. Congress has passed the TAKE IT DOWN Act (S.146), which NCMEC and other child protection advocates supported. When it is signed by the President, the new law will prohibit online publication of, and threats to publish, intimate visual depictions of a minor—including both “authentic” depictions and “digital forgeries” that are not already covered by CSAM laws—to abuse or harass the minor, or to sexually arouse any person.

     

    The law also requires online platforms to remove such images or videos, including those created using artificial intelligence, within 48 hours of receiving a request from a person depicted in the imagery.

     

    This report-and-remove requirement is important to empowering victims and compelling online platforms to remove harmful content. The TAKE IT DOWN Act is also one of the first U.S. laws to specifically address harms associated with generative artificial intelligence.

     

    The law is distinct from NCMEC’s Take It Down service, which helps users remove online intimate images depicting them before they were 18 years old. That service is available in more than 30 languages.

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U.S. Congress: "Addressing Real Harm Done by Deepfakes"
U.S. Congress: "Addressing Real Harm Done by Deepfakes"
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