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    2025 POLICY FOCUS

    Before each IJM Advocacy Summit, we take time to research and identify a pressing issue affecting our programmatic work that could be addressed by a U.S. public policy solution. This year, we will again be lobbying Congress for action on the persistent problem of online sexual exploitation of children, otherwise known as OSEC*.

    OSEC is a growing and global crime. In 2024 alone, 20.5 million reports involving suspected child exploitation online were submitted to the CyberTipline operated by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) – and 84% of those reports involved people in locations outside of the U.S., illustrating the worldwide dynamic to this violent injustice.


    The STOP CSAM ACT

    At this year’s Summit, we’ll be urging Congress to pass the STOP CSAM Act of 2025—a bipartisan bill that will:

    • Empower survivors to seek justice through civil lawsuits against tech companies that promote or otherwise assist their sexual exploitation.
    • Improve the quality of OSEC reports by requiring online platforms to include specific information in their submissions to the CyberTipline.
    • Require online platform operators to issue an annual transparency report about their efforts to address OSEC.
    • Strengthen restitution processes and courtroom protections for child victims and witnesses of OSEC and other crimes.

    Do you want to be part of ending this crime? Join us at the 2025 Advocacy Summit this Sept. 9-10 as we speak up against OSEC and urge Congress to end it for good.

    Read IJM’s statement endorsing the STOP CSAM Act of 2025.

    *What is Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)?

    If you’re unfamiliar with this growing crime, OSEC encompasses a range of criminal activities. In most cases, local traffickers broadcast abuse – through livestreamed video or the production of new child sexual exploitation materials – to foreign sex offenders. The traffickers are often parents or close relatives who operate in private residences or small cybercafes. Victims include girls and boys who are often under 12 years old and have been as young as two months old. 

    The current implementation of online safety rules, tools, and systems is uneven across the industry, with no established standards or action. That’s why we are calling on Congress to take action – and we need your help.

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