‘Sound of Freedom’ Producer Stands with Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate, an Affront to Survivors

The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is calling on the Sound of Freedom producer, Eduardo Verástegui, to disavow and publicly apologize for meeting with accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate. Verástegui met with Tate, posed with him for the camera, and re-tweeted Tate’s message disparaging the Romanian sex trafficking prosecution against him.

“It is abhorrent and an affront to victims and survivors of sex trafficking everywhere for the producer of a successful anti-sex trafficking film to meet with one of the world’s most infamous accused sex traffickers. Sound of Freedom producer Eduardo Verástegui has given legitimacy to accused rapist and human trafficker and self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate. This is inexcusable,” said Dawn Hawkins, CEO, National Center on Sexual Exploitation.

The Misuse of Artificial Intelligence in Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material 

From the convenience of voice-to-text converters and digital assistants like Siri to the unsettling realm of ‘deepfake’ technology and image generation, artificial intelligence has seamlessly merged into our daily lives, shaping our efficiency while advancing forms of child sexual exploitation. 

Before the widespread accessibility of artificial intelligence (AI), a form of producing child sexual abuse material (CSAM, the more apt term for ‘child pornography’) involved cutting out pictures of children and pasting them onto pornographic images, compositing collages of CSAM.

Today, predators can download readily available text-to-image AI software to generate CSAM of fictitious children; as well as AI-manipulated CSAM, where real pictures of any child are digitally superimposed into existing CSAM or other sexually explicit material.  

📣ACTION: Call for federal legislation to combat deepfake pornography and other image-based sexual abuse!

#CESESummit: Tech for Good 

The evolution of sexual exploitation issues that come with AI and emerging technology can feel overwhelming. The #CESESummit is a great place to get equipped!

This year, the theme of the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation (CESE) Summit is "The Great Collision: Emerging Tech, Sexual Exploitation, and the Ongoing Pursuit of Dignity."

WHEN: August 5-8, 2024

WHERE: Washington, DC

Secure your spot now! 

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