{"id":2020380,"date":"2023-09-02T15:39:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T19:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-kneecaps-task-force-charged-with-protecting-kids-from-predators-amid-criminal-surge\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T15:40:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T19:40:54","slug":"biden-admin-kneecaps-task-force-charged-with-protecting-kids-from-predators-amid-criminal-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-kneecaps-task-force-charged-with-protecting-kids-from-predators-amid-criminal-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Administration hampers child protection task force amidst rising crime."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-kneecaps-task-force-charged-with-protecting-kids-from-predators-amid-criminal-surge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2020380&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Department of Justice Program Faces\u200b Funding Cuts, Raising Concerns for\u2062 Child Safety<\/h2>\n<p>The \u2063Internet Crimes \u200cAgainst Children (ICAC) task\u200d force, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/on-christmas-christians-remain-persecuted-around-the-world\/\" title=\"On Christmas, Christians Remain Persecuted Around the World\">national network dedicated<\/a> to combating \u200binternet crimes against children, \u2064is facing significant \u2063funding cuts under President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the alarming increase in child sexual abuse \u2063and exploitation on \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platforms<\/a>, the DOJ program&#8217;s budget has been reduced by \u200cnearly $3.5 \u200bmillion in 2022, dropping from $34.68 million to \u200d$31.2\u2062 million.<\/p>\n<p>Social media giants like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok have been removing millions of posts and images related to child abuse. However, the\u200d number of offenses\u200b continues to rise.<\/p>\n<p>Enough is\u200c Enough, an internet safety organization, has reported a drastic increase \u2063in cases involving younger children. In 2022 alone,\u2064 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-kneecaps-task-force-charged-with-protecting-kids-from-predators-amid-criminal-surge\/\" title=\"Biden Administration hampers child protection task force amidst rising crime.\">government\u2063 tip line received<\/a> over 32 million reports containing more than 88 million images or videos related to child sexual exploitation.<\/p>\n<p>The funding \u2062cuts to ICAC have raised concerns about \u200bthe Justice Department&#8217;s commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-assembly-cmte-reverses-course-on-bill-bolstering-penalties-for-human-trafficking\/\" title=\"Calif. Assembly Committee flips on bill to strengthen human trafficking penalties.\">fighting child trafficking<\/a>. Recent news reports revealed the removal of crucial information on child sex trafficking from the DOJ&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative politicians and child advocates have criticized this move, accusing the administration of\u200b downplaying the severity \u200cof the issue. GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida stated, &#8220;DOJ&#8217;s blatant move to distance Joe Biden&#8217;s harmful policies from the global crime of sex trafficking \u2063should be no surprise to any \u2064of us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Victor Marx, head of the anti-human-trafficking Christian organization All Things Possible Ministries, \u200bexpressed concern over the\u200d administration&#8217;s actions.\u2062 He \u2063emphasized the importance of accessible information for victims\u2064 and witnesses,\u200b stating, &#8220;Clear, accessible, and comprehensive \u200binformation available \u2063to the public is key to raising awareness and fostering cooperation in combating these heinous crimes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The funding cuts to the ICAC program and the removal of critical information \u200bon child sex trafficking from the DOJ&#8217;s website highlight the need for continued support and resources to protect children from predators online.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-admin-kneecaps-task-force-charged-protecting-kids-predators-amid-criminal-surge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Western Journal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Justice&#8217;s program combating digital crimes against children faces severe funding cuts, far below the levels set by the previous administration. The Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force, comprising 61 coordinated task forces with over 5,400 law enforcement agencies, is committed to this cause.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":941,"featured_media":2020381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2020380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/941"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2020381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}