Dear Friend,

July has been a month of both heartening victories and heavy challenges.  

We were dismayed at

the DOJ’s refusal to release the Epstein “client” list

and stating that there will be no further prosecutions, despite confirming that over 1,000 people had been victimized. Standing alongside survivors, advocates, and countless concerned citizens, we are calling on the DOJ to amend this outrageous decision, and commit to holding accountable all sex buyers and facilitators involved in the Epstein sex trafficking. 

  

Equally disturbing was the acquittal of Sean “Diddy” Combs, who was found not guilty of sex trafficking despite overwhelming evidence against him. These two cases show our country is still lagging behind in understanding of sex trafficking and the will to hold powerful abusers accountable.  

But it isn’t all dark!

Even as we mourn these two decisions, we celebrate an incredible, hard-won victory with Apple! After five years of fierce advocacy, the Tech Giant is FINALLY extending much-needed safety protections to 13 to 17-year-olds! This is crucial as research shows this age group is often

most

at risk for experiencing online harms, such as sextortion and pornography exposure.  

Read more about this wonderful victory below!  

Sincerely, 

TIME:

Elon Musk’s Grok Will Soon Allow Users to Make AI Videos, Including of Explicit Nature

xAI's new chatbot, Grok, has come out with a new feature: the ability to generate short video clips, including sexually explicit content.

"But launches associated with Grok in recent weeks have been steeped in controversy, including its introduction of a sexualized AI 'companion.' And the new feature is sparking its own concerns over its potential use in creating deepfakes—digitally altered videos of individuals that can imitate someone’s likeness and can often be published without their consent.

'Instead of heeding our call to remove its ‘NSFW’ AI chatbot, xAI appears to be doubling down on furthering sexual exploitation by enabling AI videos to create nudity,' said Haley McNamara, a senior vice president at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation. 'There’s no confirmation it won’t create pornographic content that resembles a recognizable person. xAI should seek ways to prevent sexual abuse and exploitation.'”

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ACTION: Sign the Petition Demanding Grok Remove all Sexually Explicit Features!

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MSNBC:

Epstein and Maxwell survivors want the buyers of sex pursued

Op-ed for MSNBC written by:

- Teresa Helm, Survivor Services Coordinator, NCOSE

- Marcel van der Watt, President, NCOSE

"As news reports

continue to focus

 on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell and whether we’ll ever see a list of clients that may have been maintained by the notorious pair, those who were harmed by the duo and survived their crimes have been on a seemingly never-ending roller coaster. Every twist and turn of the news cycle knocks these sex trafficking survivors around

: 

A list of clients

 is on the attorney general’s desk. A list 

doesn’t exist.

 Congress is 

demanding files

. Maxwell has been 

interviewed

 by the DOJ. Will she 

be pardoned

?

None of those twists or turns has gotten those who survived Epstein and Maxwell any closer to the justice they deserve. There’s only been emotional whiplash. Also, let’s make an important distinction: Epstein’s and Maxwell’s 'clients' are sex buyers.

Victims deserve justice for the abuse they survived

. That justice should include accountability for their traffickers 

and

for the buyers of illicit sex, who were complicit. It is a free pass for systems of sexual exploitation to flourish when there is no accountability or when justice appears to be fading out of reach or missing entirely."

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60 Minutes Australia:

Inside Andrew Tate’s “cult” that breeds toxic masculinity among young boys

Documentary filmmaker, Jamie Tahsin, describes his experience following Andrew Tate for a period of time, getting an exclusive glimpse into Tate's sex trafficking empire.

Tahsin saw just exactly how Tate trafficked women through OnlyFans and web-camming sites, recruiting them using charm and false promises of a glamorous life together. He saw firsthand how Tate used his "courses," specifically "The War Room" to teach misogyny to other men and train them in how to manipulate and traffic women, including their girlfriends.

An exciting plus: NCOSE's Dani Pinter, Chief Counsel and Director of Law Center, appears in the episode's introduction.

Check out this insightful episode by clicking below.

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ACTION: Urge Congress to Repeal Section 230!

Take Action!

P.S. Want to make a big difference in the fight to end sexual exploitation?

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