How to Report Illegal Web Sites to the Proper Authorities
Just like in the real world, the Internet is home to some who engage in illegal practices. If you have discovered a Web site that may be engaged in some kind of illegal activity, it is important that you report it to the proper authorities.
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Understand that different kinds of illegal activity on Web sites may need to be reported to different authorities. If you are in doubt as to who are the proper authorities, contact your local law-enforcement agency to report the Web site. Be prepared to provide the reporting officer with the URL, or Web site address.
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Contact the copyright holder when you suspect a case of copyright infringement, for example from a site that encourages or allows the unauthorized downloading of copyrighted material such as music, movies or other digital files. If you do not know who the proper copyright holder is, contact the United States Copyright office to report a possible copyright infringement (see Resources below).
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Use the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's CyberTipline to report suspected cases of child victimization or exploitation through a Web site (see Resources below). This center works closely with law-enforcement agencies to investigate any instances of child-pornography distribution or creation on the Internet as well as in the rest of the world.
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Get in touch with your local law-enforcement agency if you have been the victim of fraud via a Web site online. Examples of such cases may be: the misrepresentation of goods or services; the collection and illegal distribution of personal data, such as social security numbers or other forms of identity theft; and trafficking in stolen or illegal goods.
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Tips & Warnings
Parents can help their children avoid victimization via the Internet by monitoring their children's Internet usage or by installing parental controls on their Internet browsers. Encourage your children to come to you if they suspect they have been approached in an inappropriate way online, either through an illegal Web site or chat room.
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pedo bear on facebook is a pedophile website that glorifies pedophiles. PLEASE REMOVE IT! I am posting everywhere that will listen!
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I was notified about a pornographic website where I found pictures, links and comments from myself. Still in shock I have asked them to take it down on numerous occasions yet they seem to ignore my request. Now they have published my full name. Is there a law against this? Do I have any rights? How do I get them to delete it all? Any information would be great. Thank you.
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Same thing here. I was looking in google for pictures of a facebook game and see these illicit pictures of what seemed to be children.
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I have paid fees for a website that allow us to download movies and musics. We can cancel the membership within 7 days. I did it the day I registered. I received the message for them they say they will answer me. They encouraged me to stay. After, they did not cancel my membership and get money from my bank account. I reported the problem to my bank for cancel the autorisation they have. I don't know to who I should complain for this kind of problem.
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I ran into a website that seemed to have download links to pornography and one of the girls in the picture looked like a child. How can I go about reporting this?
