EARN IT: Crucial Child Protection Legislation Reintroduced!

Grief claws at your heart as you tell the attorney your daughter’s story.

It’s hard enough to explain how your 12-year-old daughter was raped.  

It’s harder still to explain how a video of the rape was posted to a social media site.  

But the part which finally causes hot, angry tears to start spilling over your cheeks is when you tell the attorney of how you reported the video to the social media company and they refused to take it down

The attorney's face is grim as she responds. 

“I’ll do my best to help you. But I have to warn you that I can’t promise success. You see, there’s an ambiguity in the law. It's often been interpreted to mean that online platforms can’t be held liable for third-party uploaded content, even in a case like this.”  

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Does this seem unfair?? We think so too!

That's why we're fighting to pass the EARN IT Act, which would allow child sexual abuse survivors to hold internet platforms accountable for knowingly disseminating videos and images of their abuse. 

Learn more about the EARN IT ACT, which was recently reintroduced in the Senate and the House, here

📣 ACTION: Help Us Pass the EARN IT Act!

Please take 30 SECONDS to contact your Members of Congress, urging them to Co-Sponsor the EARN IT Act! 

VICTORY! Texas Device Filter Bill Passes Senate Unanimously! 

This week, a Texas bill requiring smartphones and tablets to automatically turn on filters blocking sexually explicit content was passed UNANIMOUSLY in the Senate! Now it is moving onto the House!

Device filter legislation is crucial in protecting children from exposure to online pornography. Learn more about the device filter bills NCOSE is working to pass in numerous states here

Dirty Dozen List Highlight: TikTok & Snapchat

Not sure if signing NCOSE's petitions and actions really changes anything? We have proof that it does!

For example, thanks to the voices raised through the Dirty Dozen List:

  • TikTok removed the ability for strangers to direct message children 15 years old and younger. This is significant because the direct messaging feature was often used by predators to groom children for sexual abuse or trafficking
  • Snapchat removed Snapcash, a feature that was being used to directly monetize sex trafficking and image-based sexual abuse

So now that you know you can really make a difference . . . we hope you're getting ready to take action on May 2nd, when we will reveal the 2023 Dirty Dozen List! 

 

Sincerely,

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