A White House official told Fox News that Attorney General Bill Barr, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump, along with the NCMEC nonprofit, will launch the “Safety Pledge Campaign,” an initiative to combat online child exploitation. “With an increased use of social media and gaming platforms while at home, there are more opportunities than ever for abusers to exploit children online,” Ivanka Trump said. “This administration is fighting to protect our children from online predators and traffickers at every turn.”The administration’s renewed focus on online child exploitation comes after NCMEC witnessed “a dramatic increase” in reports of “sexual exploitation with a potential increase in vulnerability of children.”The nonprofit said that reports of online child exploitation have increased as much as 126% during COVID-19. The website will also include “the Safety Pledge,” which invites participants to publicly commit to learning more about online safety. The “Safety Pledge” comes amid a number of efforts and steps taken by the Trump administration to combat human trafficking and online child exploitation.

Source: Fox News September 29, 2020 04:07 UTC