Overview
- Tebow told the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee that one international database now lists more than 89,000 unidentified children depicted in abuse imagery.
- Detailing Operation Renewed Hope, Tebow reported 1,119 tentative identifications and 500 children safeguarded across three multi‑agency efforts.
- NCMEC testified it received over 21 million child sexual exploitation reports in 2025, encompassing more than 61 million media items, while DHS’s Cyber Crimes Center has seven full‑time victim identification analysts.
- Lawmakers, led by Chair Josh Hawley, discussed measures to hold tech platforms liable, including curbing Section 230 protections, as a mother described years of futile attempts to remove her child’s images.
- Tebow and senators highlighted data showing roughly 338,000 U.S. IP addresses sharing child sexual abuse material over six months and urged passage of Rep. Laurel Lee’s Renewed Hope Act to fund analysts, investigators and forensic tools; the bill cleared House committee markup in January.