AOL, Yahoo!, Microsoft, EarthLink, and United Online have joined National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. The companies have announced the formation of technology coalition to fight with child exploitation.


AOL, Yahoo!, Microsoft, EarthLink, and United Online have joined National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. The companies have announced the formation of technology coalition to fight with child exploitation.

NCMEC is a non-profit organization that provides information and a resource for child protection.

The companies will develop and deploy technology solutions to avoid the use of Internet to exploit children or traffic in child pornography.

The Technology Coalition will have four principal objectives:

– “Developing and Implementing Technology Solutions: By identifying and developing existing and new technologies that can detect and disrupt the distribution of known images of child exploitation on the Internet.

– Improving Knowledge Sharing Among Industry: By establishing a centralized clearinghouse for known images of child pornography and other information that network operators can use to combat or block child pornography.

– Improving Law Enforcement Tools: By researching and developing tools for law enforcement to assist in the location and identification of predators and distributors of child pornography.

– Research Perpetrators’ Technologies to Enhance Industry Efforts: By evaluating the specific and emerging technologies used by child predators to exploit children and conceal their activity.” [source]

Dave Baker, Vice President of Law and Public Policy at EarthLink, said: “As the Internet’s importance in our daily lives has grown, so has the need for tools and technologies to better protect children from predators, By joining with our peers and NCMEC, we can better assist law enforcement and empower the public to help keep children safe.” [source]

To read the complete press release, click here.

For more information on NCMEC, click here.