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NCMEC and Fourth Amendment

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and its relation to the Fourth Amendment, particularly regarding the CyberTipline reports and the requirement for a warrant.

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Jan 16, 2026

How have federal circuits differed in treating NCMEC reports as state action since 2015?

Since 2015 federal courts have split on whether the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and the CyberTipline reports it receives and forwards constitute state action for Fourth Am...