Founded in 1962, National Center on Sexual Exploitation is the leading national organization opposing pornography by highlighting the links to sex trafficking, violence against women, child abuse, addiction and more. The organization changed its name from Morality In Media to the National Center on Sexual Exploitation early in 2015 to better describe the organization’s scope and mission, which is to expose the seamless connection between all forms of sexual exploitation. Our Mission: Opposing sexual exploitation. Defending human dignity. Our Vision: All individuals have a right to be free from the effects of pornography and all other forms of sexual exploitation.
The Dirty Dozen List is an annual campaign that calls out twelve mainstream entities for facilitating, enabling, and even profiting from sexual abuse and exploitation. Since its inception in 2013, the Dirty Dozen List has galvanized thousands of individuals like YOU to call on corporations, government agencies, and organizations to change problematic policies and practices. This […]
Maya was only 12 years old when she first started receiving direct messages on Instagram from a “nice” man she didn’t know. This man was 28 years old – over twice her age. A seemingly harmless virtual connection for Maya quickly led to the darkest moments of her life. The 12-year-old girl was groomed, sex trafficked, and […]
TRIGGER WARNING: Contains images of sexualized chatbot; images have been censored but are still suggestive Do you know a 12-year-old? Maybe your child, or younger sibling, or niece or nephew? Imagine that 12-year-old experimenting with an AI chatbot – as the majority of children do – and the chatbot saying it’s horny. That it gets sexually aroused […]
As a mother, Jane Doe was fully aware of the online dangers that children face. So, she did everything she possibly could to monitor and safeguard her 14-year-old son’s devices. She was vigilant. But her son found an old laptop in the closet. And through that, he was able to access hardcore pornography. Jane Doe’s son spent countless hours on […]
The TAKE IT DOWN Act, a crucial bill combatting image-based sexual abuse (IBSA), has officially been signed into law! Four dedicated NCOSE team members were invited to the signing: Marcel van der Watt, President; Eleanor Gaetan, Vice President and Director of Public Policy; Megan Griffin, Public Policy Advocacy Manager; and Dawn Hawkins, Senior Advisor and former CEO. […]
“Children being the targets of this deepfake technology is our worst nightmare.” Haley and Dani discuss the current state of artificial intelligence and deepfake technology in the realm of sexual exploitation. Overwhelmingly, these tools are used for pornographic material, and 10% of teenagers have reported being aware of deepfake pornography depicting someone they know. They […]
Today is the day! The 2025 Dirty Dozen List has officially LAUNCHED! But wait … something’s different. The Dirty Dozen List traditionally calls out 12 mainstream entities (often tech companies) that facilitate and profit from sexual exploitation. But this year, we’re focusing on 12 survivor stories that expose the real root of the problem: Section 230 of […]
Jewel (pseudonym) faced severe economic insecurity in her home country of Nigeria. When she heard of the opportunity to work in Denmark as a caregiver for senior citizens, she felt incredibly fortunate. “I was thanking God for the opportunity to be in this country. I was looking forward to starting work,” she recalled. When she arrived […]
Your child walks into a supermarket, convenience store, or bookstore. Are they able to buy pornography? The answer is no. Most states have laws that prohibit the distribution of sexual material that is “harmful to minors.” In 1968, the Supreme Court held that it was permissible for New York to prohibit the sale of “girlie” magazines to a […]
One spring day, Jodie* received an anonymous message with a link to a pornography website. When she clicked on it, her world imploded. There, right in front of Jodie’s eyes, was multiple pornographic images and a video, depicting herself having sex with various men. Yet Jodie had never taken these photos! She had never even […]
Recently, news broke about 12-year-old students in Florida who were victimized through AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM, the more apt term for “child pornography”). Male peers took innocuous images of the students and used AI to render them pornographic. They proceeded to share the forged CSAM with others, all without the depicted children’s knowledge. “It makes […]
Jeffrey Epstein and his ongoing ability to orchestrate a massive scheme to facilitate and breed the corruption of powerful individuals to sexually exploit others is finally surfacing to the public eye, trickling through the no longer impenetrable gates of unattainable elite society. It is right and just for our society to demand accountability and transparency […]
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” — Benjamin Franklin And with your help, we are moving far beyond a mere ounce of prevention. Dalma* forced a watery smile as she bid her last patient of the day goodbye. She closed the door, then slumped against it, letting her head fall backward […]
Amanda* sat, hunched over her laptop, her eyes red and bleary with exhaustion. She had spent the better part of her week reading tech companies’ parents’ guides and clumsily navigating through obscure safety settings on almost a dozen social media apps. The experience had made her want to chuck her laptop at the wall. But it was […]
Since the 1970s, a tactical and politically driven agenda has been advanced to promote the global sex trade. This agenda has rested on the reframing of prostitution along two seemingly disparate lines, one being the promotion of prostitution as ordinary work, and the other being the promotion of prostituted people as a sexual minority. Although […]