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Big Tech offered us $1 million, but the conditions were clear. Hear why we said no.

Big Tech Offered Us Money ... Lots of it.

Picture this:

A Big Tech company—one we all know—offers NCOSE over $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.