Media
Advisory
March 13, 2006 |
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FINANCIAL AND INTERNET INDUSTRIES JOIN WITH MISSING
CHILDREN ORGANIZATIONS TO COMBAT INTERNET CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
| WHAT: |
Launch of the Financial Coalition
Against Child Pornography to eradicate commercial child pornography.
The Coalition includes seventeen of the world’s most prominent
financial institutions and Internet industry leaders along with the
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC)
and the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children®
(ICMEC).
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| WHO: |
Senator Richard C.
Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban
Affairs Committee
Alice S. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal
Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Ernie Allen, CEO, NCMEC/ICMEC
John Libonati, Chairman, NCMEC Board
Arne Christenson, Senior Vice President, American
Express® Joshua Peirez, Group Executive,
MasterCard®
Michael Smith, Senior Vice President, Visa®
Ana Luiza Rotta, President, INHOPE |
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| WHEN: |
2:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 15, 2006 |
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| WHERE:
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Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 628
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| WHY: |
Child pornography has become
a multi-billion dollar commercial enterprise and is among the fastest
growing businesses on the Internet. The Internet has enabled instant
access to child pornography by thousands and possibly millions of
individuals around the world. And the ability to use credit cards
and other payment methods has made purchasing child pornography
easy. Companies are joining the Financial Coalition Against Child
Pornography to combine resources to fight this disturbing trend.
Child Pornography reports to NCMEC’s CyberTipline®, a
Congressionally funded reporting mechanism for cases of child sexual
exploitation, have dramatically increased from 24,000 reports in
2001 to more than 340,000 today.
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| CONTACT: |
NCMEC
Communications Department 703-837-6111 |
***Video feed provided by the National Center for Missing & Exploited
Children
| WHAT: |
SATELLITE COORDINATES
NEW INITIATIVE TO FIGHT INTERNET CHILD PORNOGRAPHY |
| DATE & TIMES: |
Wednesday, March 15, 2006, 11-11:15 am & 1- 1:15 pm & 4
– 4:15 pm EST
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| COORDINATES: |
11 – 11:15 am EST on Intelsat A-6 Transponder
15, D/L Frequency: 4000 Vertical 1 – 1:15pm EST on Intelsat
A-6 Transponder 15, D/L Frequency: 4000 Vertical
4 – 4:15pm EST on Intelsat A-6, Transponder 13, D/L Frequency:
3960 Vertical
C-Band Audio 6.2/6.8
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| CONTACT: |
Paola Torres at 877-544-8400 (toll-free)
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