(๐) for those in the US specifically, federal law requires you to report missing and exploited children, Child Sexual Abuse Materials, and child traficking operations to the authorities - the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) offers the CiberTipline to report CSAM, online spaces for CSA and child trafficking.
(๐ค) Dear fellow Community Admins: Marielle and I highely suggest you and your team to review your mandatory reporting procedures related to CSA/CSAM for not only your fedi instances, but also any off-platform communities (on Discord, Matrix, XMPP, otyer online platforms, and even IRL spaces).
(๐) for any community moderators and admins who want to help educate your community members into making your community safer, you can educate members on how to report missing children and child exploitation in relevant jurisdictions.
(๐ค, ๐) We hope this reminder and these tips are useful for community staff and members alike. If anyone wants to share more tips, feel free to provide them in a reply. โ
โ#PSA #FediAdmin #ChildExploitation #MissingChildren

CyberTipline
NCMECโs CyberTipline is the nationโs centralized reporting system for the online exploitation of children. The public and electronic service providers can make reports of suspected online enticement of children for sexual acts, extra-familial child sexual molestation, child pornography, child sex tourism, child sex trafficking, unsolicited obscene materials sent to a child, misleading domain names, and misleading words or digital images on the internet.







