What is National Center for Missing & Exploited Children?
'''National Center for Missing & Exploited Children''' ('''NCMEC''') is a private and [[nonprofit organization]]. [[United States Congress]] established the organization in mid-June 1984. The [[chairperson]] of this organization is the child safety [[advocacy|advocate]] Patty Wetterling, the mother of [[murder of Jacob Wetterling|Jacob Wetterling]], an eleven-year-old-boy who was [[murdered]] in [[Minnesota]] in October 1989.<ref>{{cite web|title=Patty Wetterling|publisher=National Center for Missing and Exploited Children|url=http://www.missingkids.com/en_US/documents/PressKit_PattyWetterling.pdf|access-date=July 13, 2021|archive-date=January 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126070708/http://www.missingkids.com/en_US/documents/PressKit_PattyWetterling.pdf|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> The NCMEC handle cases of missing or exploited children between when they're [[baby|babies]] and young adulthood through age 20.<ref>{{cite web|title=Key Facts|publisher=MissingKids.org|url=https://www.missingkids.org/footer/media/keyfacts|access-date=July 13, 2021}}</ref> The Center not only advocates for finding missing children, teenagers or young adults, it helps identify the dead. ==The CyberTipline== The NCMEC operates the CyberTipline. The CyberTipline was established by the United States Congress for processing reports of [[sexual slavery|child exploitation]] (this includes online [[seduction|enticement]], [[child pornography]] and inappropriate contact with children). The NCMEC reviews the reports and shares them with appropriate [[law enforcement]] agencies or Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task forces. Along with the information from the reporting party, NCMEC also adds geolocation information (when appropriate) and cross-references identifying information, like [[e-mail|email]] addresses, usernames and [[IP address]]es with the existing CyberTipline reports.<ref>{{cite web|title=Understanding the NCMEC CyberTipline Reports|publisher=Trace Digital Forensics LLC|url=https://www.tracedf.co