Kids Online Safety Act Under Threat: Your Help Needed!
After a monumental victory last week with the AI moratorium being decisively struck down, we are once again facing challenges on Capitol Hill. Punchbowl News has reported on talks on the Hill of putting the Kids Online Safety Act on ice. This is seemingly in retaliation to the role played by KOSA's co-sponsor, Senator Marsha Blackburn, in killing the AI moratorium.
An anonymous senior House GOP aide commented, "After the events of last week [i.e. the defeat of the AI moratorium], the chances of Blackburn’s KOSA moving now are even less likely than they were before." The aide proceeds to spout tired misinformation about KOSA being a "censorship bill"—a lie Big Tech lobbyists have worked hard to spread, but which has no foundation in the truth. |
Sadly, some Congresspeople have fallen into the deep, deep pockets of Big Tech and are willing to compromise child safety for money.
This is where you come in. We are up against one of the richest, most powerful industries in the world, and we can't fight them alone.
Big Tech has trillions of dollars. We only have you. Two ways you can help: |
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Reactions to the Diddy Verdict and Epstein Memo Our subject matter experts and hosts, Haley McNamara (SVP at NCOSE) and Dani Pinter (SVP at the NCOSE Law Center), provide insights and reactions to the recent verdict results from the Diddy trial as well as the memo about the Epstein file that was release by the Department of Justice. Both of these outcomes leave us with a lot of frustration and very few answers.
The lack of understanding of sex trafficking in our culture was reflected in the jury’s decision in the Diddy trial. Also, the efforts to hide the findings in the Epstein file are on full display as people on all sides of the political spectrum demand answers. Haley and Dani give us a detailed and insightful look into these developments.
Watch on YouTube or listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform!
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“The Right Track”: A Clarifying Lens into the Reality of Prostitution “If this was such a good profession, then why is everyone dying to get out of it?”
– Prostitution Survivor, in documentary The Right Track In my mind, prostitution and sex trafficking had always been separate from one another. One requiring consent, the other requiring force. Sex trafficking was evil and criminal while prostitution, while not ideal, was one’s choice.
This documentary proved me wrong.
“The Right Track” provides a raw look into the reality of prostitution, as told by the women who have personally walked its dark alleys. My blurry idea of the commercial sex trade was quickly brought into startling clarity by these women’s stories, as they took me to where they have been and where they never want to be again.
NCOSE is very grateful to the Jensen Project for spearheading this powerful documentary, and for the survivor leaders and other experts who shared their stories and insights, including Melanie Thompson, Brenda Myers-Powell, Audra Doody, Tricia Grant, Yasmin Vafa, and more.
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Snapchat Evades Accountability After Teacher Sexually Grooms Him on the Platform
John had a turbulent childhood. His father left him and his mother was tragically murdered. At age 15, his female science teacher sensed that John was vulnerable because of these hardships. After getting John alone in a room after class, she was able to get his Snapchat account username. She began messaging him on the app, sending sexual pictures of herself. Eventually the interactions escalated to the teacher sexually abusing John in person. She gave John money to buy certain prescription drugs, which he would use before she sexually molested him. Until one day, he overdosed.
During John’s lengthy recovery in the hospital, his legal guardian sued multiple defendants, including Snap, Inc., alleging that Snap failed to prevent the teacher’s abusive behavior and designed an application that allowed sexual predators to thrive. But the court ruled Snap could not be held liable. Why? Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. |
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