In an article published in Law Officer, Cellebrite’s Digital Intelligence Specialist Jared Barnhart discusses ‘Battling Increased Child Sexual Abuse Material in the Evolving Digital Age .’

Jared writes how strangers from any corner of the world can engage with our children through their devices–unseen and unchecked. While parents face the challenge of not always being able to monitor children’s online activities closely, law enforcement agencies face a different set of challenges.

The CyberTipline Data report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), a key Cellebrite partner, indicates that between 2020 and 2022, the number of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) reports increased by 47% with a staggering 31.9 million total reports in 2022. This rapidly increasing number of cases, combined with budget and staffing constraints, make it a constant uphill battle for law enforcement personnel.

Jared discusses a specific case where digital forensics, namely Cellebrite, played a crucial role in capturing a perpetrator who was abusing many survivors. Read more to understand the power of digital intelligence in CSAM investigations: Read the full article here.

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