Join Thorn and NCMEC for a webinar on June 26th

Learn about a growing and devastating form of child sexual exploitation

Webinar Invite: New Trends Released in Growing Crisis

Dear John,

We invite you to join us for a 45-minute webinar on Wednesday, June 26th, from 3:00-3:45pm ET. Thorn’s Melissa Stroebel and NCMEC’s Kathryn Rifenbark will share insights from our groundbreaking study on child sexual exploitation, focusing on the growing crisis of financial sextortion.

Key findings include:

26,718 reports of financial sextortion were reported to NCMEC in 2023 alone.
NCMEC received an average of 812 sextortion reports per week between August 2022 and August 2023.
Instagram and Snapchat are the most common platforms, with additional encrypted messaging apps also being used.

Join us to learn more about this urgent issue and how we can work together to protect our youth.

You’ll leave this insightful discussion with these takeaways:

Awareness of the rise in financial sextortion cases.
Insights into exploitation tactics.
Importance of support systems and resources.
The role of technology in combating child sexual exploitation.

This webinar is free for our loyal supporters. Register here. To learn more about the findings of this newly released investigation, you can read the full report here. For more information, visit NCMEC's sextortion resources.

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