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[[File:ICE arrests child predators in Operation iGuardian 120512-A-AC235-002.jpg|thumb|[[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement|ICE]] arrests [[child predator]]s in [[Operation iGuardian]], May 12, 2012]]

'''Internet Crimes Against Children''' ('''ICAC Task Force''') is a [[task force]] started by the [[United States Department of Justice]]'s [[Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention]] (OJJDP) in 1998.<ref name=OJJDP>{{cite web|url=https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/programs/internet-crimes-against-children-task-force-program|title=Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program|website=Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention|access-date=December 15, 2022}}</ref> The ICAC program is a national network of 61 coordinated task forces representing more than 5,400 federal, state, and local law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies to prevent [[Cybercrime]] against children.<ref name=OJJDP/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=C6AF8A7E-5923-4A08-9857-B40483CF1166|title=Senate Passes Bill to Reauthorize Task Force Combating Child Exploitation|website=United States Senator for California Dianne Feinstein|date=November 17, 2022|access-date=December 15, 2022|archive-date=December 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215193114/https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=C6AF8A7E-5923-4A08-9857-B40483CF1166|url-status=dead}}</ref>  The aims of ICAC task forces are to catch distributors of [[child pornography]] on the Internet, whether delivered on-line or solicited on-line and distributed through other channels and to catch sexual predators who solicit victims on the Internet through chat rooms, forums and other methods.

On November 2, 2017, the ''Providing Resources, Officers, and Technology to Eradicate Cyber Threats'' to the Protect Our Children Act of 2017 was signed into law, reauthorizing the ICAC Task Force Program through 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-115publ82|title=Public Law 115 - 82 - Providing Resources, Officers, and Technology To Eradicate Cyber Threats to Our Children Act of 2017 or the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2017|website=GovInfo|date=November 2, 2017|access-date=December 15, 2022}}</ref>

In 2020, the attorney of [[Davis County, Utah]] Troy Rawlings said that "a local nonprofit was conducting illegal fundraising efforts by taking credit for arrests", which had actually been made by the Davis County ICAC Task Force. He alluded to [[Operation Underground Railroad]].<ref name="Salt Lake City">{{Cite news |last=Adam Herbets, Nate Carlisle |date=2020-10-08 |title=Anti-human trafficking group Operation Underground Railroad under criminal investigation by Utah prosecutor |language=en |work=Fox 13 Salt Lake City |url=https://www.fox13now.com/news/fox-13-investigates/anti-human-trafficking-group-operation-underground-railroad-under-investigation-by-utah-prosecutor |access-date=2023-09-08}}</ref>

On November 15, 2022, the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2022 was passed by the [[United States Senate]], reauthorizing ICAC and the National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction through 2024.<ref name=Congress>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4834|title=S.4834 - PROTECT Our Children Act of 2022|website=Congress.gov|access-date=December 15, 2022}}</ref> On December 6, [[United States House of Representatives|Congress]] motioned to agree without objection.<ref name=Congress/>

==See also==
*[[Internet Watch Foundation]]
*[[National Child Victim Identification Program]]

==References==
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*{{cite web |title=Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force offers Public Event to Protect Children while Online |url=https://www.miheadlines.com/2021/02/16/internet-crimes-against-children-task-force-offers-public-event-to-protect-children-while-online/ |author=B. Thompson |website=MI Headlines |access-date=11 March 2021 |date=16 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222085218/https://www.miheadlines.com/2021/02/16/internet-crimes-against-children-task-force-offers-public-event-to-protect-children-while-online/ |archive-date=2021-02-22 }}

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* {{official website|https://www.icactaskforce.org/}}

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