Victory! Trafficking Survivors Relief Act Passes Senate – Now Headed to President's Desk 

In an incredible victory for survivors, the Senate passed the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act (TSRA), which enables human trafficking survivors charged with committing federal crimes while under the control of traffickers (known as ‘forced criminality’) to clear those charges from their record. The House has already passed the legislation, so it now goes to the President's desk for signature. 

For too long, survivors have been forced to carry the lifelong consequences of crimes committed against them, facing criminal records, barriers to housing and employment, and continued retraumatization by the legal system. The TSRA recognizes this injustice and affirms that survivors should not be punished for their own exploitation. 

We are so grateful for the bill’s bipartisan champions and the many survivor-leaders and advocates whose voices made this progress possible.

📝 Read our press statement here.

Victory! Bill Introduced to Sunset Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act

Omegle, an app that randomly paired users with strangers in video chat rooms, paired an 11-year-old girl with an adult man. The man threatened to hack the girl’s personal devices if she did not remove her clothes and perform sexual acts for him on camera. Terrified, she complied as the predator took screenshots.  

Grindr, an 18+ dating app, welcomed a 15-year-old boy onto the platform without verifying his age. The app then matched the boy with adult predators who raped him. 

Pornhub and xHamster, mainstream pornography websites, actively encouraged nonconsensual voyeur videos, promoting tags like “hidden camera,” “voyeur,” and “sppycam” and having a separate webpage dedicated to this content. When voyeur videos of 10 women showering and changing were uploaded to the sites, Pornhub and xHamster monetized and distributed them.   

In all of these cases, tech platforms actively facilitated the sexual abuse of these individuals. Yet when the exploited individuals tried to sue the tech companies, their lawsuits were dismissed under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

Section 230 has long shielded tech giants from responsibility when their products cause harm. This is why, with you at our side, we have long pushed for this law to be repealed.

And now, thanks to YOUR unrelenting advocacy, Congress is finally listening!  

📝 Learn about the Sunset Section 230 Act, introduced by Senator Graham and Senator Durbin, by reading this blog.

📣 ACTION: Urge Congress to support the Sunset Section 230 Act!

Double Your Impact Before 2025 Ends!

From the TAKE IT DOWN Act to an age verification victory at the Supreme Court to the release of the Epstein files, 2025 has been filled with so many promising victories! And that's thanks to you.

Your support is vital to making waves in the fight against sexual exploitation. But we're not done. We still have mountains to move in 2026.

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Lawsuits: The Linchpin in the Fight Against Pornhub  

Littered with child sexual abuse, rape, image-based sexual abuse, violence against women, and themes of incest and racism. How did Pornhub get away with these atrocities for so long? 

At NCOSE, our battle with this pornography giant has been grueling—yet it has been one of the most successful campaigns in our 60+ year history. As we, and powerful allies like Laila Mickelwait, brought more public attention to the company’s abusive practices, more people began to reject it: Advertisements were pulled from their sites, an explosive New York Times investigative piece revealed the vast amounts of child sexual abuse posted on Pornhub, and credit card companies stopped allowing payments to be processed for Pornhub subscriptions. Pornhub even mass removed millions of videos from its site that did not have any age or identity verification for the uploader.

The problem was that, even in the face of all this public pressure Pornhub still refused to commit to long-term, comprehensive reform. 

“Throughout our time as an advocacy organization, over 60 years, we realized that sometimes, it’s just not enough. Even if you get your goal of a lot of attention, a grassroots movement, and the attention of lawmakers and media, corporations can still resist to make changes that effect their bottom line,” said Pinter.

This is why we believe the linchpin to long-term, meaningful reform is civil litigation. Survivors of Pornhub needed to seek justice in the courtroom. 

👩‍⚖️ Read more about NCOSE's lawsuits against Pornhub and the impact of civil litigation.

Sincerely,