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The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) works with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Customs Service, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, to prevent sexual abuse of children. They have established the national Cyber Tipline and the national Child Pornography Tipline at 800-843-5678 (800-THE-LOST).

The Cyber Tipline Program is one way for Exchangites to help prevent incidents of sexual approaches or solicitations towards children while online. The National Exchange Club has available Cyber Tipline posters, brochures and a Power Point presentation for clubs to get involved with this program. Clubs are encouraged to distribute brochures to parents throughout the community and place posters in high traffic areas in an effort to protect children from online pornography.

Exchange Clubs can work with schools, parent organizations, or youth-oriented organizations to distribute software, designed to filter out pornographic web sites. Clubs can distribute the software free or obtain a sponsor. Clubs can also ask a representative from an Internet Service Provider to speak about filtering systems at a workshop or meeting.

Following are sections taken from the Cyber Tipline Brochure. For more information contact the National Exchange Club Foundation or visit the Cyber Tipline website at www.cybertipline.com.

How well do you know your child’s internet use?

• How many hours does your child spend on the internet?
• Does your ISP (Internet Service Provider) have different levels of access for children/parents?
• Computer location—is it in a private space or a central location?
• Do you know your child’s password?
• Does your child change tasks when you walk in the room?
• Does your child have a “Buddy List?”
• Do you know the users on the “Buddy List?”
• Do you ask your child who they are talking to?
• Do they participate in instant messages from someone they don’t know?

How well do you know the facts?

• One out of four internet users between the ages of 11 and 17 have received unsolicited sexual content online.
• One in three girls and one in seven boys will be sexually molested before the age of 18.
• Seventy-seven percent of those who molested boys and 87 percent of those who molested girls said they were regular users of hard-core pornography. (http://www.childwelfare.gov/)

Online pornography in the news

• USA Today reported approximately 30 percent of all web sites contain some form of adult content.
• US News and World Report states pornography in all forms is an estimated $8 billion annual business and online pornography alone is an estimated $300 million annual business.

Recognize the signs in your child

• Your child spends too much time online.
• Finding your child on the internet after bedtime.
• Your child turns off the computer when you walk in the room.
• Your child receives phone calls from people you don’t know.
• You find long distance calls from numbers you do not recognize.
• Your child receives mail from someone you do not know.
• Your child becomes withdrawn with no explanation.