Also, TikTok introduces new safety features to help protect kids.






Defending Dignity Weekly Newsletter

Highlights: Progress with TikTok, McDonald's employees targeted, and more!

McDonald's Must Warn Employees About Porn Industry Recruitment Efforts ([link removed])

McDonald’s needs to warn its employees about the pornography website that is targeting them for recruitment during COVID-19.

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TikTok Updated Its Safety Features Thanks to Your Advocacy. Here's How They Work. ([link removed])

There are many ways that TikTok needs to improve its safety features in order to protect users but, thanks in no small part to your advocacy, it has recently introduced Family Pairing as a part of its "Family Safety Mode" in order to make the app a little safer for children.

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Young boy was groomed for sex trafficking via an online video game ([link removed])

Leo was just 16-years-old when he was groomed and trafficked through what seemed like an innocent online video game platform, one used by millions of American children.

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Commercial Sex Industry Takes Advantage of Unemployment Levels During Times of Crisis ([link removed])

During a recent interview with Jacksonville’s Channel 4 News, a young woman stated that she felt she had no other option than to work in street prostitution to put food on the table and a roof over her head. She was afraid she might encounter a serial rapist or killer, but the physical backlash she would endure if she were to stop working during the pandemic also terrified her.

This woman and countless other sexually exploited individuals like her feel a heightened sense of entrapment during COVID-19 resulting from the efforts of exploiters to terrorize a pandemic-stricken population.

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A Note About #GivingTuesdayNow:

Even during this time of uncertainty and confusion, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation has been working hard to ensure sexual exploitation, and especially the people directly affected by it, do not go unnoticed.

We still care, and we know you still do too. That’s why this coming Tuesday, May 5, is the perfect time to reach out and join in #GivingTuesdayNow ([link removed]), a new global day of giving and unity.

We'll have more information for you next week and we hope you'll consider making a generous donation ([link removed]) to the movement to end sexual exploitation.

Take Action Today:

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With gratitude,

Dawn Hawkins

Sr. Vice President and Executive Director

National Center on Sexual Exploitation

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