Big Tech Offered Us Money ... Lots of it.
Picture this:
A Big Tech company—one we all know—offers NCOSE
$1 million
, with talk of potential future funding.
In the nonprofit world, $1 million goes a very LONG way. That kind of money could have transformed our work defending human dignity,
help protect kids and vulnerable adults
from online sexual exploitation, and amplify our core strategies.
But as the conversation about the money unfolded, the conditions were clear: redirect our focus away from demanding rigorous accountability for online platforms.
In other words, this “donation” came with strings attached.
The hidden cost?
Ongoing impunity, allowing crippling online harms that erode dignity and devastate lives.
So, how did we respond to Big Tech’s offer?
Watch this video to find out.
Become a Defender to End Sexual Exploitation & Save Lives!
We rejected Big Tech’s $1M offer, along with all the incredible things that money could have achieved. But together, we can still make those things happen!
We said NO, will you say YES and become a Defender today?
Please
BECOME A DEFENDER TODAY
by committing to a monthly gift that will fuel the fight to end all sexual exploitation!
Hope on the Hill Cancelled Due to Government Shutdown
Due to the uncertainty around the ongoing government shutdown, our in-person
Hope on the Hill
event has been
canceled
. We are disappointed that this important conversation and event is being impacted by the political standstill.
Right now, legislators have a long list of bills to address sexual exploitation sitting on their desks. While we won’t be able to gather in person,
please join us online on October 23rd for a virtual Hill Day
—we will go live on
Instagram
and
Facebook
from Capitol Hill and will give you opportunities to
take action from your own home
.
Congress needs to hear from you now more than ever that child online safety
must be their #1 priority
when they return to work.
Stay tuned for details on how you can participate and make your voice heard. Together, we can continue to push for meaningful change - even from a distance.
In the meantime, you can take action now in less than 60 seconds by
sending this email to your representatives to urge them to end Big Tech immunity
for online sexual exploitation.
What Teresa J. Helm Wants You to Know About the Epstein/Maxwell Madness
“You didn’t see me run out of his house. You didn’t see me stare at the sidewalk cracks, so I could focus on something… We weren’t smiling and happy. It was so gross that conversation that I heard.”
This is NCOSE Survivor Services Coordinator and Epstein/Maxwell Abuse Survivor,
Teresa J. Helm
, speaking on the Justice Department’s interview with Ghislaine Maxwell. Maxwell claims that she had never seen anything “non-consensual” and that the girls left Epstein’s house always “happy.”
What Helm and other survivors experienced was radically different from what Maxwell describes in her interview.
Over the past few months, there has been a news whirlwind surrounding the release of the “Epstein files,” which allegedly hold information about those who enabled Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s abuse, as well as sex buyers who had sexual encounters with young women and girls arranged by the criminal duo. Helm has expressed immense frustration with the way it is all being handled.
Read more here
Kids Online Safety Act Explained - Duty of Care, Enforcement, and Emerging Tech
In this special episode of the podcast, a
panel of experts
takes a closer look at the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and explore the details around duty of care, enforcement, and emerging tech. This legislation is vital to ongoing efforts to protect children online, and this fantastic group of speakers explain more about the bill and why it should pass.
Featuring:
Mary Graw, Tenured Professor at Catholic University and Former Federal and State Prosecutor
Chris McKenna, Founder of Protect Young Eyes
Dani Pinter, Chief Legal Officer and Director of the NCOSE Law Center
Benjamin Bull, Senior Vice President and General Counsel in the NCOSE Law Center
Tune in and subscribe on
Spotify
,
Apple Podcasts
,
YouTube
, or your favorite podcast platform.
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