Campaigns & Media: Public Awareness Campaigns
Part of Cybertip.ca’s mandate is reaching Canadian families with the important information they need to protect children online. Scroll through the timeline below to view some of Cybertip.ca’s public awareness campaigns.
2025
See it? Report it.
You can protect a child in danger. If you see child sexual abuse images or videos online, report them to Cybertip.ca.
2024
Left to their own devices
Without regulation, tech leaves children to their own devices. Just what an offender wants. Go to Cybertip.ca to report concerns.
2023
File Not Found
Teens should know where to turn if their sexual image has been shared. We can help. Report to Cybertip.ca.
Youth Are Being Targeted Online
Cybertip.ca witnessed a 36% increase in reports of online victimization of children from January – December 2021 to January – December 2022. Report to Cybertip.ca. We can help.
2022
The Power of Arachnid
The tool to help take down child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is in our hands. We just have to use it. This campaign highlights the importance of Project Arachnid and its work to help remove millions of images and videos of CSAM worldwide.
The Unwanted Film Festival
85 million films. 195 countries.
Playing online everywhere.
Stand with survivors and demand tech companies stop the upload of known child sexual abuse material.
For Now
When their intimate image is spread online, youth can feel like it will be there forever. In this campaign, Cybertip.ca reminds youth that their private images can be removed, and there is help available.
There is Help
Parents can feel directionless if they suspect someone is hurting their child online. This Cybertip.ca campaign emphasizes that parents are not alone and can be guided on how to best support their child.
Unwanted Followers
This chilling video tells the real story of countless victims whose abusive imagery continues to exist online. They have had to live this traumatic reality for decades due to platforms and services on the internet that have been allowed to operate without oversight.
2021
Twitter Birthday Plea
For Twitter’s 15th birthday, C3P helped survivors – those who have been exploited on the platform and other social media sites like it – wish the company a “happy” birthday by sharing their experiences, and demand online platforms to do better for survivors by prioritizing the removal of CSAM.
We’re Here to Help
When youth are faced with an intimate image or video being spread online, it can feel like they’re all alone. With this campaign, Cybertip.ca reminded teens and young adults the tipline is here to help with regaining control and removal of the content.
Increase in Exploitation
Over the past year, Cybertip.ca saw an 106% rise in reports to the tipline surrounding online child exploitation, mainly due to the pandemic. This campaign not only drew the public’s attention to this alarming increase, but also urged them to report concerning images or videos of minors to Cybertip.ca
2020
Some Voices are Hard to Hear, But Should Be Heard
This campaign literally puts survivor’s voices front and centre, using their direct quotes and audio statements to generate public awareness about this global issue, along with highlighting the support the Canadian Centre offers.
What if it was Your Child’s Photo?
Rather than targeting teens, this campaign focused on parents, and how they can talk to teens about the harm of sexting, both for themselves and the person in the image/video they’re sharing.
2019
Lolli: The Exhibit Nobody Wants to Talk About
One exhibit. Three days. Over 1,200 visitors learned not only about the world’s child sexual abuse material problem, a dark subject rarely discussed, but what Canada is doing about it.
Sexual Attention Towards a Child is NEVER Okay
A chilling campaign demonstrating how children are groomed online, and urging Canadians to report to Cybertip.ca if they see, read, or hear anything sexual from an adult towards a child.
Sharing Someone Else’s Sext is Illegal
Back by popular demand, the animated phones in this campaign once again spread awareness of the legal consequences of sharing someone else’s sext without their consent and offer help to people whose intimate image has been shared.
2018
Real Child, Real Abuse
A campaign reminding viewers that child sexual abuse material is never just a picture, and urging the public to report concerns to Cybertip.ca.
Not Your Nudes? Not Yours to Share
An animated campaign highlighting the legal consequences of sharing someone else’s sext without that person’s consent, and directing users to visit cybertip.ca/sexting to learn more about the law, as well as how to gain back control if their intimate image has been shared.
2017
Don’t Get Sextorted, Send a Naked Mole Rat
A national campaign that takes a humour-based approach to cut through the clutter and focuses on ways youth can avoid being sextorted and keep themselves safe.
Non-Consensual Distribution of Intimate Images
A national campaign focusing on how Cybertip.ca can help youth who have experienced a sexting incident, as well as informing youth that sharing someone else’s sext without that person’s permission is illegal.
Project Arachnid
A national campaign to promote our unique web crawler, which scours the internet for known child sexual abuse imagery and helps bring them down.
2016
Every Click Helps Us Protect Children from Sexual Abuse
A national campaign demonstrating how tips from Canadians can help protect children from sexual abuse.
Worried That Someone You Know May be Sexually Victimizing Children Online?
A national campaign encouraging adults to report concerns to Cybertip.ca if someone they know may be victimizing children online.
2015
Concerned About a Child Being Sexually Victimized Online?
A national campaign encouraging concerned adults to report online child sexual victimization to Cybertip.ca.
2014
Turn Outrage Into Action
A provincial campaign tied to the mandatory reporting of child pornography in Manitoba, to encourage the reporting of Child Sexual Abuse Images to Cybertip.ca.
Help Stop The Spread of Child Sexual Abuse Images
A national campaign highlighting the public’s important role in reporting child sexual abuse images to Cybertip.ca.
2013
Help Stop Child Sexual Abuse Images
Tied to the mandatory reporting of child pornography in Manitoba, this campaign is designed to raise awareness about reporting child sexual abuse images to Cybertip.ca.
I Reported It
A national campaign aimed at raising awareness about the important role individuals play in the reduction of online child sexual exploitation by reporting incidents to Cybertip.ca.
2012
Child Pornography Doesn’t Report Itself
Cybertip.ca’s campaign highlighting the role of the Canadian public in reporting incidents of online child sexual exploitation.
2010
I Reported It
Designed to raise awareness about the important role individuals play in the reduction of online child sexual exploitation by reporting incidents to Cybertip.ca.
2009
Help These Kids
Cybertip.ca’s campaign to encourage reporting of online child sexual exploitation.
Manitoba’s New Mandatory Reporting Law
This campaign coincides with the passage of the Manitoba government’s new law that makes it mandatory to report child pornography.
Child Sexual Abuse – It Is Your Business
Cybertip.ca’s campaign designed to raise awareness and to encourage the public to become familiar with identifying signs of child sexual abuse.
2008
Know Where to Report Online Exploitation
Cybertip.ca’s campaign designed to raise awareness about where to report online child sexual exploitation.
Let’s Keep This Our Little Secret
Cybertip.ca’s campaign designed to raise awareness about the techniques used by offenders to keep child sexual abuse a secret.
2007
Not in The Loop?
Cybertip.ca’s campaign designed to increase adult’s awareness regarding risks for children when communicating via instant messaging.
2006
Reporting Makes a Difference
Cybertip.ca’s campaign highlighting the impact the Canadian public makes when reporting incidents of online sexual exploitation.
Stop It! Report It!
Cybertip.ca’s campaign urging Canadians to use Cybertip.ca to report the online sexual exploitation of children.
2005
One Webcam, Countless Peeping Toms
Cybertip.ca’s public alert regarding adolescents using webcams to send nude pictures over the Internet.