The Movement: Progress with Congress, Big Tech + the #CESESummit

There is so much happening in the movement to end sexual exploitation!

Legislation to protect children online is speedily gathering momentum.

A 28-year-old law that is the single greatest enabler of sexual exploitation is crumbling. 

Big Tech corporations are bowing to your demands for increased safety measures. 

Advocates around the world are getting ready to gather together for the

#CESESummit

.

To keep you abreast of these and other thrilling developments, we’ve launched

"The Movement

,"

a

regular video update

on progress and challenges in the fight to end sexual exploitation.

Watch the first episode and read more below!

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#CESESummit Panel Highlight: Foundations of Tech

We'll be kicking off this year's #CESESummit with an overview of the current technology landscape and its implications for sexual exploitation.

Designed for attendees with varying levels of tech knowledge, this session will provide a foundational understanding of

how emerging technologies can be both a threat and a tool in the fight against sexual exploitation.

Featuring expert panelists Renée de Rista, Stanford Internet Observatory; Matthew Rose, Technologist; Benjamin Nolot, Exodus Cry; and Uday Kamath, Smarsh, this panel is not to be missed!

Sign up below for the CESE Summit,

August 5-8th in Washington, DC

. 

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Telegram: The "Dark Web Alternative"

Known as the "Dark Web Alternative," Telegram unleashes a new era of exploitation. Messaging app Telegram serves as a safe haven for criminal communities across the globe. Sexual torture rings, sextortion gangs, deepfake bots, and more all thrive on an alarming scale.

Normally, when placing a company on the Dirty Dozen List, NCOSE offers recommendations for improvement and invites constructive dialogue to develop solutions for the harms. However, we have no confidence that Telegram cares to engage with any entity about safety matters, nor have they shown any substantive effort to-date to stem the rampant crime on the platform.

Telegram is so dangerous and such a threat to so many people that we believe it should be shut down.

Learn more about why we are taking this radical approach with Telegram below. 

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ACTION: Encourage the DOJ to Investigate Telegram for Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation

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X’s Pornography Policy Destined to Fail, Says NCOSE

The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) said that X’s (formerly Twitter) announcement that users must mark their “consensually-produced” pornographic content as “sensitive,” will fail to prevent image-based sexual abuse from continuing to flourish on the platform.

“X’s new ‘policy’ is a distinction without a difference. It has already allowed illegal nonconsensual content including child sexual abuse material, sex trafficking, and other sexually abusive content to flourish by simply allowing pornography on its platform. Users will not mark their content as ‘sensitive,’ nor does X have the willingness to monitor for nonconsensual content. ‘Requiring’ users to label the content as pornography is a lazy way for X to continue to avoid responsibility for perpetuating sexual abuse,” said Dawn Hawkins, CEO, National Center on Sexual Exploitation.

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