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Over 30,300 public reports have
been submitted to Cybertip.ca as of
march 31, 2009.
Cybertip.ca has analyzed 46,331
incidents, an average of 1.5 per
public report.
17,806 (38.4%) incidents were
classified by analysts as confirmed
child pornography.
15,662 incidents related to websites
hosting child pornography.
4,110 unique images with
associated severity and sexual
maturation as well as the sex of the
child are described in this report.
22,500 incidents were forwarded
to law enforcement and/or
international hotline partners for
possible investigation.
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8.3 how Cybertip.ca works
Cybertip.ca’s mandate is two-fold. In addition to receiving and addressing child
sexual exploitation reports from the public, the tipline also responds to direct
requests for educational material. As of March 31, 2009, Cybertip.ca had provided
information to 4,181 families who called the tipline’s toll-free line or submitted
a request through the online report form. The information for families is based
on trends and patterns observed by Cybertip.ca and research into preventative
education. 27 There is also educational material available at www.cybertip.ca, where
294,986 safety sheets have been downloaded.
TAble 8.1 Cybertip.ca flowchart of reported information
An individual comes across information or possible evidence of
online child sexual abuse.
They go to www.cybertip.ca or phone 1-866-658-9022 to report the
sexual exploitation. Reports can be submitted anonymously.
The Cybertip.ca webserver receives the information in a secure
fashion.
A report is prioritized for analysis based on the information it
contains and then according to the order it was received. If it contains
information about a child victim or suspect, the report is given
priority for analysis.
The analyst breaks the report into its component parts based on
the number of technology types in a report. For example, one public
report may contain information about an email and a website. This
would be considered two separate incidents, as they have to be
analyzed independently.
Each incident is assigned a secondary (Cybertip.ca) classification
based on the Criminal Code (Canada). This is either a confirmation or
a correction of the public classification.
The analyst validates the reported incidents and supplements the
information through Internet searches and technology tools. All
aspects of the incident are described.
If the incident is a website with child sexual abuse images, the
analyst describes the image and assigns a rating based on the
severity of the abuse depicted (from 1 to 4), the sexual maturation
(from 1 to 5) to provide an approximate age range, and the sex.
If the incident relates to potentially illegal material, it is sent to the
appropriate law enforcement jurisdiction and/or INHOPE partner
hotline. Reports that involve a child in possible need of protection are
also forwarded to child welfare agencies in Canada.
27 The Canadian Centre for Child Protection’s educational program, Kids in the Know, uses information identified in Cybertip.ca reports to develop
comprehensive prevention strategies for children and families. Kids in the Know includes lesson plans and interactive activities for teachers of students
in kindergarten through high school, including books and puppets, online activities for families, and training for educators and communities. For more
information, please visit www.kidsintheknow.ca.
8.4 Cybertip.ca reports
Between September 26, 2002 when Cybertip.ca was launched as a provincial pilot
program and March 31, 2009, the tipline received 30,373 reports from the public.
While the majority (93.6%) of reports are submitted online at
www.cybertip.ca/report, 3.7% of reports have been submitted by email from
designated law enforcement agencies and public entities. Cybertip.ca analysts are
also available 24 hours a day to accept public reports through a toll-free telephone
line (2.4%).
Child pornography (89.6%)
Luring (7.9%)
Child prostitution (1.5%)
Child sex tourism (0.9%)
Child trafficking (0.1%) 28
Figuref8.1:fType of reports submitted to Cybertip.ca (as classified by the reporting person)
28 Child trafficking was added to the report form on October 30 th , 2008.
1finf10freportsfwas submitted in French.
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