In the wake of the #WakeUpInstagram campaign, Instagram has announced several important changes that will benefit the safety of users—minors, in particular—on its platform.

These system improvements are a step in the right direction, but it’s vital that NCOSE remains at the table in order to inform the policies and to bring survivors and other expert allies to consult on these matters, or else these improvements may still fall short of the digital safety overhaul that is necessary to make Instagram a safe environment.

Many survivors of the pornography industry have reported that performers routinely suffer manipulation and abuse for the production of pornography.

We believe this important case and ruling against GirlsDoPorn has created a template for other survivors to come forward as plaintiffs and our Law Center stands ready to help.

The END Network Abuse Act would assist the Pentagon in stopping the Department of Defense’s (DoD) illegal use of the government network to view, possess, trade, and even produce child pornography. 

While previous attempts by Congress to pass federal legislation addressing the distribution of Internet pornography failed, the past twenty years have taught us — and the courts — volumes about the Internet, its dangers, and how unfettered access to adult pornography has fostered a public health crisis.

This education demands that our elected leaders in Washington address this crisis by again passing legislation to protect children from Internet pornography and vigorously enforcing federal obscenity laws.

Patrick Trueman—president of NCOSE and former Chief of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Criminal Division, U. S. Department of Justice—believes jurors are more willing to convict pornography producers now than they were in the 1970s and 1980s.