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NCMEC Investigation Practices

NCMEC's investigation practices regarding financial accounts and online content

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Jan 19, 2026
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Do NCMEC analyst google a PayPal account if mentioned in a chat received within a ESP report? If they id an adult, how do they proceed with triage?

NCMEC analysts do not have a publicly documented, routine practice of “googling” a PayPal account mentioned in an ESP report; what the record shows is that analysts manually review report metadata and...