NCOSE Asks Supreme Court to Re-examine Decision on Nevada Sex Slavery Lawsuit Three brave women who were sex trafficked due to Nevada’s system of legalized prostitution are seeking to hold the state of Nevada responsible for enabling sex slavery by protecting and legitimizing the commercial sex trade. Represented by the NCOSE Law Center, these three women sued the Nevada brothel, escort agency, and strip clubs themselves, along with the government officials that enabled, incentivized, and profited from them.
But disappointingly, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of the government entities from the case, effectively acquitting them of any responsibility. Now the survivor-plaintiffs and the NCOSE Law Center are petitioning the Supreme Court to review the decisions of the lower courts.
The Supreme Court petition argues that the government defendants’ actions violate the 13th amendment, which prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude. Nevada government entities require persons in the sex trade to be controlled by a licensed business (i.e., a pimp), permit them to be subjected to debt bondage in legal brothels and strip clubs, and profit from the sex trafficking that results through licensing fees and taxes. The filing of this petition is a major step forward in legal efforts to hold government officials and other indirect facilitators of sex trafficking accountable. |
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Victory! REPORT Act Signed into Law
On May 7th, 2024, President Joe Biden signed into law the Revising Existing Procedures on Reporting Via Technology (REPORT) Act. This important bipartisan piece of legislation authored by child safety champions and U.S. Senators, Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and John Ossoff (D-GA). This is the first piece of landmark child protection legislation to be passed by this congress to hold Big Tech accountable. This legislation requires companies including Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat – well-known for prioritizing profit over safety – to report sexual crimes against children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s (NCMEC) CyberTipline.
“Passage and implementation of the Report Act is crucial: It will confirm that online child sex trafficking and enticement are increasing. Now we need legislation such as Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) to prevent these horrible crimes,” said Dawn Hawkins, CEO of the National Center on Sexual Exploitation. |
#BigTechBS: How Tech Lies about Child Safety and the Needs of LGBTQ+ Youth
Tech companies frequently excuse their failure to provide safeguards for children by claiming that such safeguards would harm the LGBTQ+ community.
Aaron Crowley (Survivor, Pastor, Author, and member of the LGBTQ+ community) called out this tactic at the January 30th issue briefing, saying, “Please stop scapegoating my community. Please stop misusing us.”
Alongside other LGBTQ+ speakers, Crowley explained that safeguards for children on tech devices serve LGBTQ+ youth just as much and more as other youth:
“Because we are often ostracized by our families and our in-person communities, many LGBT youth turn to online spaces, online communities for safe spaces. But since there aren’t any safeguards, this leaves LGBT kids more vulnerable to cyber-bullying, exploitation, blackmail, being outed, and being exposed to explicit material.” |
"Child sexual abuse is stored on iCloud"
This Big Tech titan refuses to detect child sex abuse material, hosts dangerous apps with deceptive age ratings and descriptions, and won’t default safety features for teens.
Last week, we went live with Lina Nealon, Director of Corporate Advocacy, NCOSE and Sarah Gardner, CEO and Founder of to discuss the harms Apple facilitates, how we can hold them accountable, and not request, but demand change. |
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