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RESPONDING TO AN IMMEDIATE PROBLEM OR UNLAWFUL CONTACT
If you are concerned about an immediate threat to someone you know, or that your child has received files, communications, or materials that are offensive and could be illegal, take the following steps.
- If you are alarmed about a potentially illegal incident currently occuring, don't turn the computer off. This may destroy the only evidence leading law enforcement to a potential suspect. Turn off the monitor or close the laptop lid. Then contact the police and your Internet Service Provider to report the abuse. If you have an emergency, dial 911. Keep everyone away from the computer until you have spoken with an authority that has given you guidance on how to proceed.
- If there is no immediate response, save or print the email, chat or file.
- If you would like to report online child exploitation, file a Cybertip with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
- Below is a list of other law enforcement contacts that may be able to help.
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