There were 18.4 million reports of child sexual abuse images online in 2018 alone. What is happening is literally an epidemic of child sexual abuse and it's growing exponentially.
Because this iteration of DoH will make it harder to identify illegal content normally blocked by the ISPs, it could disrupt the way many tools function to protect children in homes, libraries, and schools. Since all domain name queries will be encrypted, traditional tools developed for child safety may be broken and countless images of child sexual abuse victims could potentially become widely accessible.
We have an exciting update from the National Center on Sexual Exploitation’s recent meeting with top executives from Comcast here in Washington DC. Right away they told us about how they took our feedback and concerns from our meeting last year and how they have made key improvements based on that feedback!
The proposed bill seeks to decriminalize pimps, brothel keeping, and sex buyers (i.e., those who “rent” sexual access to the bodies of others). The lofty sounding title of this bill is a misnomer. It is a Trojan Horse empowering organizers of sexual exploitation—pimps (i.e. sex traffickers) and brothel keepers—as well as serving the interests of sex buyers.
