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Last Update3/11/98

The "Cybertips Line" from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is "911" number for the Internet which will work like a hot line or crimestoppers tip line where individuals can report illegal Internet activity related to child pornography and predation.

On March 9, 1998 the National Center for Missing & Exploited children activated the Cyber TipLine during a press conference with United States Senators Judd Gregg (R-NH) and Ernest Hollings (D-SC), officials with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), U. S. Departments of Justice and the Treasury and a coalition of Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

Visit the Cybertips Site for more information

"It (the Cybertips line) is a warning to criminals and a promise to parents: There are Internet police for those activities that are illegal, and they will capture and punish those who would use the Internet to harm and hurt our children." Vice President Al Gore

"Until now, there wasnt a clear place to go if you saw something illegal going on in cyberspace." quote in the Washington Post, 12/1/97 by Ernie Allen, president, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

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