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Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force

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Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force

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Learn how to protect children from online predators.

More kids than ever before are online. And there are more predators seeking to groom, exploit and solicit children and teens for sexual photos. The Michigan Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force program was developed to counter the emerging threat of offenders using the Internet or other online technology to sexually exploit children.

Internet crimes against children:

When someone uses the internet to exploit, endanger or harm children. This can include things such as: pornography, sextortion, solicitation, or online grooming.

 

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Important facts:

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  • Internet crimes happen to all types of children - a range of ages, sexes, and even "good" kids. Any child could be at risk.
  • One in five children per year receives an unwanted sexual solicitation online. 
  • Around any given time, 50,000 predators are on the Internet actively seeking out children.
  • In 2024, Michigan had 145 arrests, arrested 16 hands-on offenders and identified 46 new child victims from images.
  • In over a quarter of all reported exploitation incidents, the online predator will ask a child for sexually explicit photos of themselves.

Resources to help keep children safe:

Education is the key to helping prevent crimes. Prepare youth for what can happen, what to do to if something scary or harmful happens, how to report, and what to expect when reporting. 

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What types of activity should be reported?

Adults should offer to be a resource if an online situation becomes uncomfortable or threatening. Learn who to talk with and how to get help if something scary or harmful happens online. With the “Take it Down” initiative, there is hope to getting sexual images taken down off the internet. 
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Report these types of activity:

  • Nudes or sexual images/videos of a child.
  • Someone chatting online with a child about sex.
  • Sexual abuse of a child that occurs offline.
  • Someone seeking sexual acts in exchange for something of value (e.g., money, food, gas, shelter, clothing, drugs).
  • Unwanted sexual emails or texts either involving children or sent to a child.
  • Websites or domains that contain sexual content but have similar names or URLs to mainstream sites that may be misleading to children.
  • Websites or domains that have sexual content (words or images) embedded in them which minors might see.
  • And other forms of sexual exploitation of a child not listed here. 
 

Where to get help:

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Submit a cyber tip

If you believe you or someone you know is a victim of exploitation you can report an online incident. 
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Take it Down

This service is one step to take to help remove online nude, partially nude, or sexually explicit photos and videos taken before someone was 18 years old. 

Contact us: 1-877-MI-CYBER (1-877-642-9237)

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