Over the last month, Maine’s state legislature passed two landmark bills, becoming the first U.S. state to decriminalize prostituted persons while maintaining criminal penalties on sex buyers, pimps, and brothel keepers. Watch this conversation between Rachel Moran (Director of International Policy and Advocacy at NCOSE) and Taina Bien-Aimé (Executive Director at Coalition Against Trafficking in Women) as they discuss Maine's historic legislation. |
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Twitter recently rebranded to X—one of the many changes made under the platform's new owner, Elon Musk. But while Musk has been quick to pursue marketing and business changes, he has yet to solve the problem of rampant child sexual exploitation on the platform ... despite promising that this was "priority #1." Learn more about how Twitter, now X, facilitates child sexual exploitation and why NCOSE placed them on the 2023 Dirty Dozen List! |
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With more than half of children in the U.S. now owning smartphones by age 11, and the time kids spend on digital devices averaging four to seven hours per day,1 we can’t deny the incredible influence of the online world. And while this technology offers many benefits to kids when it comes to both learning and entertainment, the ease with which young children can access hardcore pornography on digital devices is deeply troubling— and damaging their development. Learn more about the research on how pornography harms kids by downloading our FREE flyer! |
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