News Releases / 2017
Global Fight Being Waged on Child Sexual Abuse Imagery on the Internet
Yesterday in Washington, representatives from the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (Canadian Centre), the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), the United Kingdom’s Home Secretary Amber Rudd and representatives from the major tech companies, met at a roundtable to discuss innovative efforts to combat child sexual abuse material on the internet.
First of its Kind Data on the Role of the Internet and its Impact on Child Sexual Abuse
Today, on the 15th anniversary of Cybertip.ca, the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (Canadian Centre) released the finalized results from its International Survivors’ Survey, with recommendations to address this horrific crime.
Online Sextortion of Teens on the Rise – Canada’s first awareness and prevention campaign targeting boys launches in May
The Canadian Centre for Child Protection (Canadian Centre) reports an 89 per cent increase in the past two years* in online sextortion cases among teenage boys, prompting the Canadian Centre to develop Canada’s first awareness and prevention campaign for boys, launching on May 23. The new campaign uses humour to connect with boys and deliver the serious message of “don’t get sextorted.”
Free new activity book teaches kids critical safety skills
Today – on International Safer Internet Day (#SID2017) – the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (Canadian Centre) is introducing a new, free resource to help parents talk online safety with their kids.
Groundbreaking Tool to Remove Online Child Sexual Abuse Material
Today, the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (Canadian Centre) introduced a new tool to combat the growing proliferation of child sexual abuse material on the Internet. Dubbed “Project Arachnid”, this automated crawler will help reduce the online availability of child sexual abuse material and break the cycle of abuse.