NCAA and FBI to partner up to help athletes avoid being sexually exploited online

Krdo · Aug 10, 2026 · 590 words · By CNN Newssource

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NCAA and FBI to partner up to help athletes avoid being sexually exploited online By Dana O’Neil, CNN (CNN) — The NCAA on Monday will announce a collaboration with the FBI designed to educate college athletes on how to confront, prevent and respond to sexual…

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A growing number of college athletes have been subjected to what’s commonly referred to as “sextortion,’’ with hackers accessing their phone data to post or even sell images to third parties online, or blackmail athletes to ensure compromising images aren’t…

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The FBI said it fields more than 3,000 tips a day about victims of cyber sexual exploitation.

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Claim 1: “organizations such as the National Center for Victims of Internet and Cyber Exploitation (NCVIC) not only provide support, but have tools to help victims remove images from the internet.”

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The NCVIC's website and other web results confirm that the organization provides support and tools to remove non-consensual/illegal images from the internet.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) concerning suspected Internet-facilitated criminal activity. The IC3 gives victims a convenient and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Crime_Complaint_Cente…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — These are the 2,977 victims of the September 11 attacks and as well as 6 victims from the bombing of February 26, 1993, as they appear inscribed at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New Y…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A scam center, fraud factory, fraud park, scam factory, scam compound, scam hub, scam park, fraud center, fraud compound, or fraud hub is a collection of large fraudulent organizations usually involve…
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Claim 2: “a year ago when a former Michigan football staffer was arrested and accused of stealing more than 3,000 images and videos of athletes.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions and general information about Michigan, with no mention of a football staffer arrested for stealing images.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States Senate election in Michigan will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Michigan. Democratic former Wayne County he…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Michigan ( MISH-ig-ən) is a peninsular state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the wes…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The University of Michigan (UMich, U-M, or Michigan) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1817 and is the oldest institution of higher education in …
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Claim 3: “The NCAA on Monday will announce a collaboration with the FBI designed to educate college athletes on how to confront, prevent and respond to sexual exploitation on the internet”

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Multiple independent web sources (Daily Camera, KTVZ, and others) confirm the partnership between the NCAA and FBI to educate athletes on preventing online sexual exploitation.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ohio State University football scandal (also known as Tattoogate) concerned NCAA rules violations and other incidents committed in 2010 by the Ohio State Buckeyes football team during the tenure o…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal in the United States initially involved sportswear manufacturer Adidas and several college basketball programs associated with the brand…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Louis Joseph Freeh (born January 6, 1950) is an American attorney and former judge who served as the fifth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from September 1993 to June 2001. Graduated f…
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Claim 4: “Last month a judge denied Weiss’ motion to dismiss most of the charges.”

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Claim 5: “The FBI field offices, for example, offer victim advocates to assist those who have been exploited”

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The claim that FBI field offices offer victim advocates is mentioned in one web search result, but not corroborated by the other FBI-related search results or Wikipedia.

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web search NEUTRAL — A leading American counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and criminal investigative organization, the FBI has jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crimes. [4][5] The FB…
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web search NEUTRAL — FBI is an American police procedural drama television series created by Dick Wolf and Craig Turk that premiered on CBS on September 25, 2018. [1] The show follows the cases and agents of the Federal B…
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web search NEUTRAL — The FBI investigates a broad range of threats including terrorism, cyber intrusions, public corruption, violent crime, and transnational organized crime.
https://www.fbi.gov/investigate

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Claim 6: “Matt Weiss is alleged to have hacked into the accounts of athletes – mostly women – from more than 100 universities.”

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The provided evidence for 'Matt Weiss' consists of disambiguation pages for 'Matt' and unrelated people (Matt Damon, Matt Slays), providing no information about the allegations mentioned.

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web search NEUTRAL — This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Matt. If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
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web search NEUTRAL — Matthew Paige Damon (/ ˈdeɪmən / ⓘ DAY-mən; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He was ranked among Forbes ' s most bankable stars in 2007, and in 2010 was one…
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Claim 7: “The FBI estimates some $44 million was spent in 2025 alone to prevent cyber sexual exploitation.”

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Only one web search result mentions the $44 million figure for 2025. No other independent sources corroborate this specific financial estimate.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — FBI: International is an American police procedural television series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 2021. It is the second spin-off of Dick Wolf's drama FBI and the third series in the FBI fr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — FBI is an American police procedural drama television series created by Dick Wolf and Craig Turk that premiered on CBS on September 25, 2018. The show follows the cases and agents of the Federal Burea…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. An agency of the United States Depart…
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Claim 8: “Taushiana Bright, the FBI’s cyber division section chief”

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Three independent sources (RSAC Conference, iHeart, and KTVZ) confirm Taushiana Bright's role as the section chief of the FBI's cyber division.

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web search NEUTRAL — Taushiana Bright is the Section Chief of the FBI’s Cyber Engagement and Intelligence Section where she leads the FBI Cyber Division’s private sector engagement and cybercriminal intelligence missions.…
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web search NEUTRAL — Taushiana Bright , the FBI's cyber division section chief, noted that athletes' visibility increases their exposure to targeting and leverage for potential blackmail.
https://www.iheart.com/content/2026-08-10-ncaa-partners-with…

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web search NEUTRAL — “We have flagged athletes as a growing target population,’’ said Taushiana Bright, the FBI’s cyber division section chief.
https://ktvz.com/sports/cnn-sports/2026/08/10/ncaa-and-fbi-t…

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Claim 9: “The FBI said it fields more than 3,000 tips a day about victims of cyber sexual exploitation.”

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The claim is mentioned in an iHeart article citing CNN, but no other independent source in the provided evidence confirms the specific figure of 3,000 tips daily.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the fifth and final director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and the first director o…
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