Reputable organizations you can turn to for help, reporting and trustworthy advice about your child's life online, grouped by country.
This directory lists 44 organizations parents can consult about children's online safety: crisis and support lines, services that take reports of exploitation or remove images, government regulators and law enforcement, and nonprofits that publish practical guidance for families. Each entry says in a sentence or two what a parent would go there for. We are not affiliated with any of them, and we checked every entry against the organization's own published pages on 2026-10-18.
If a child is in immediate danger, call 911 (US and Canada), 999 (UK), 112 (Ireland and the EU), 000 (Australia) or 111 (New Zealand). For step-by-step help with sextortion, a leaked image or a stranger contacting your child, start with our emergency page.
The US clearinghouse for reports of child sexual exploitation. Its CyberTipline (report.cybertip.org) takes reports of online enticement, sextortion and abuse material, and its free Take It Down service (takeitdown.ncmec.org) helps remove explicit images taken before age 18.
Contact: 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678)
Visit missingkids.orgA free, confidential US crisis line for anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress, including a parent worried about a child. Reach it by calling or texting 988 or through online chat at chat.988lifeline.org.
Contact: Call or text 988
Visit 988lifeline.orgA free text-based crisis service staffed by trained crisis counselors. Text HOME to 741741 (HOLA for Spanish) to reach a counselor; useful for teens who prefer texting to a phone call.
Contact: Text HOME to 741741
Visit crisistextline.orgFree, confidential 24/7 crisis counseling for LGBTQ+ young people anywhere in the US, by phone, text or chat, with counselors trained in the challenges LGBTQ+ youth face.
Contact: 1-866-488-7386; text START to 678-678
Visit thetrevorproject.orgA hotline for anyone concerned about or affected by child abuse, offering counselor support by phone, text or live chat, with Spanish available. It is not a reporting line and is not connected to 911.
Contact: 1-800-422-4453 (call, or text GO)
Visit childhelphotline.orgA nonprofit that runs a free, toll-free 24/7 Image Abuse Helpline for people in the US affected by nonconsensual intimate images, recorded sexual assault or sextortion, with interpretation available in most languages.
Contact: 844-878-CCRI (2274)
Visit cybercivilrights.orgFree, confidential 24/7 support in English and Spanish for people who have experienced sexual assault and for their loved ones, by phone, text or online chat. Relevant when online exploitation involves sexual abuse.
Contact: 800.656.HOPE (4673); text HOPE to 64673
Visit rainn.orgFTC consumer advice for parents on parental controls, phones, video games, children's privacy rights under COPPA, and what to do if an intimate image of a child is shared. Scams and fraud, including gift-card scams, can be reported at ReportFraud.ftc.gov.
Visit consumer.ftc.govThe FBI's intake point for complaints about cyber-enabled crime such as online fraud and scams. Anyone affected can file. Crimes against children are directed to NCMEC instead, and threats of terrorism to tips.fbi.gov.
Visit ic3.govA federal website on bullying and cyberbullying prevention, with content from the Departments of Health and Human Services, Education and Justice. It explains what cyberbullying is, where it happens, and summarizes state laws and how schools respond.
Visit stopbullying.govA national network of 61 law enforcement task forces that investigate online child exploitation. Its Task Force Contacts page helps a parent find the task force covering their state when local police need specialist help.
Contact: 877-798-7682
Visit icactaskforce.orgA DHS public awareness campaign on preventing online child sexual exploitation and abuse. It offers online safety materials for parents, kids and teens, explains how to report exploitation, and lists support for victims and survivors.
Visit know2protect.govNCMEC's online safety education program. It offers free age-appropriate videos, activities, tip sheets and discussion guides (including one on sexting) that families can use to talk with children and teens about staying safer online.
Visit missingkids.orgPublishes age-based reviews of movies, shows, books, apps and games, plus parents' guides on parental controls, social media, gaming and AI. A place to check whether an app or game suits a child's age before allowing it.
Visit commonsensemedia.orgA Silicon Valley nonprofit that publishes free parent guides to specific apps, platforms and devices (such as Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, Roblox and Discord), plus guides on parental controls, cyberbullying, generative AI and media literacy.
Visit connectsafely.orgA nonprofit whose Good Digital Parenting section offers family online safety agreements for under-13s and teens, device safety cards, a digital parenting checklist and conversation starters about generative AI.
Visit fosi.orgA nonprofit focused on child sexual abuse online. Its Thorn for Parents site offers discussion guides, filterable by a child's age, on nudes and sexting, grooming, platforms and device monitoring. Its youth site, NoFiltr, is aimed at teens.
Visit parents.thorn.orgA pediatrician-led center whose Q&A portal lets parents search past answers or submit their own question about kids and social media, which its expert team answers. It also links the AAP Family Media Plan tool on HealthyChildren.org.
Visit aap.orgA research clearinghouse on cyberbullying and teen online behavior run since 2005 by criminologists Sameer Hinduja (Florida Atlantic University) and Justin Patchin (University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire). It publishes research summaries, statistics and parent resources.
Visit cyberbullying.orgFree, confidential service run by the NSPCC where children and young people can talk to a counsellor about anything worrying them, by phone or 1-2-1 online chat, 24 hours a day.
Contact: 0800 1111
Visit childline.org.ukTool for young people under 18 in the UK to confidentially report sexual images or videos of themselves so they can be removed from the internet. Run by Childline together with the Internet Watch Foundation.
Visit childline.org.ukUK charity that works to remove child sexual abuse imagery from the internet. Anyone can report suspected child sexual abuse images or videos found online, and it publishes a parent guide on AI-generated abuse imagery.
Visit iwf.org.ukUK helpline for adults aged 18 and over affected by intimate image abuse. Practitioners advise on reporting and getting content removed; there is a separate advice page for under-18s.
Contact: 0345 6000 459
Visit revengepornhelpline.org.ukService from SWGfL, developed with the UK Safer Internet Centre, that gives direct links to the right reporting tools across many platforms and information on their community standards, with child-friendly advice for under-18s.
Visit reportharmfulcontent.comThe National Crime Agency's child protection command. If you are worried about online sexual abuse or the way someone has been communicating with a child online, you can make a report to a CEOP Child Protection Advisor.
Visit ceop.police.ukUK non-profit with step-by-step guides to parental controls and privacy settings for devices, apps, consoles and broadband, plus advice hubs for parents and carers on social media, gaming and other online issues.
Visit internetmatters.orgUK children's charity that publishes online-safety advice and resources for parents and carers. Childnet is one of the three partners in the UK Safer Internet Centre.
Visit childnet.comPartnership of Childnet International, the Internet Watch Foundation and SWGfL. Its parents and carers section covers online issues such as parental controls, gaming, sextortion, screen time, social media and how to report content.
Visit saferinternet.org.ukUK children's charity with online-safety advice for families. Its helpline is for adults who are worried about a child's safety, and it runs Childline for children and young people.
Contact: 0808 800 5000
Visit nspcc.org.ukThe National Crime Agency's CEOP Education programme. Its parents and carers section explains risks such as online harm groups and online sexual abuse, and what to do if you are worried about your child.
Visit ceopeducation.co.ukIreland's service for securely and anonymously reporting suspected illegal content online, including child sexual abuse material and intimate images shared without consent. Reports are assessed by analysts against Irish law.
Visit hotline.ieThe ISPCC's free, confidential service for children and young people up to and including age 18 in Ireland. They can call or chat online 24 hours a day, every day, about any issue on their mind.
Contact: 1800 66 66 66
Visit childline.ieIrish online-safety education site with advice, explainers, videos and guides for parents, including material on AI and how to talk to children about their online lives, alongside resources for teachers.
Visit webwise.ieCanada's national tipline for reporting the online sexual exploitation of children, run by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection. Its site also has information on online harms affecting young people.
Contact: 1-866-658-9022
Visit cybertip.caSite from the Canadian Centre for Child Protection for young people harmed online or worried that a nude image of them taken under 18 is being shared. It covers removing images, knowing your rights and getting support.
Visit needhelpnow.caCanada's 24/7 support service for kids, teens and young adults. Young people can call or chat with a professional counsellor, or text a trained volunteer crisis responder, about anything they are going through.
Contact: 1-800-668-6868; text CONNECT to 686868
Visit kidshelpphone.caCanadian non-partisan charity for digital and media literacy. Its resources for parents section offers tip sheets and guides to help families with issues children meet online.
Visit mediasmarts.caCanadian charity that operates Cybertip.ca and NeedHelpNow.ca. It publishes safety resources and research on online harms to children, and its site has a section on support for survivors and families.
Visit protectchildren.caFree, confidential 24/7 phone and online counselling service in Australia for young people aged 5 to 25, run by yourtown. Its parents section covers family relationships, mental health, school, and safety and abuse.
Contact: 1800 55 1800
Visit kidshelpline.com.auAustralian Government online safety body. Its parents section has online safety guides, a parent guide book and a newsletter, and the site explains how to report image-based abuse and other online harms.
Visit esafety.gov.auAFP-led national centre where Australians report online child sexual exploitation, including online grooming and sextortion. It has resources for parents and carers and links to the ThinkUKnow Australia education program.
Visit accce.gov.auNew Zealand's online safety organisation. Parents and caregivers can use its Digital Guardian Guide, and anyone can report online harm to its helpline for advice and support resolving it.
Contact: 0508 638 723; text Netsafe to 4282
Visit netsafe.org.nzFree tool for adults whose intimate images are shared, or threatened to be shared, without consent. It creates a hash of the image on your own device and shares only the hash with participating companies so they can detect and remove copies.
Visit stopncii.orgInternational association of internet hotlines that receive reports of child sexual abuse material. Its site links to member hotlines in many countries, which helps parents find where to report outside the countries listed here.
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