Fight Corporate Sexploitation Now! Watch Video of 12 American Sex Exploiters
Watch the reveal of the 2019 Dirty Dozen List – which names 12 mainstream contributors to sexual exploitation in America.
Entries by National Center on Sexual Exploitation
Stop Big Tech From Derailing Anti-Trafficking Legislation
December 24th, 2016 — that’s the night that 16-year-old Desiree Robinson was murdered by the man who purchased her for sex on Backpage.com. Backpage.com had operated as an advertisement website, akin to Craigslist, for years and made millions of dollars by posting ads for prostitution and sex trafficking, just like the ad that delivered Desiree […]
Why Did Eric Schneiderman Assault Several Women? The Question No One Asks
Something struck me reading that New York’s Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has been accused of violent physical and verbal assaults against several women. He choked and slapped them and made racist comments during sex. (He claimed that is was all sexual play but the women tell a much different story.) It wasn’t just the hypocrisy of Schneiderman […]
Florida House Passes Resolution Declaring Pornography a ‘Public Health Risk’
Public Health Impacts of Pornography Are No Trivial Matter This week Florida’s House of Representatives formally recognized the public health harms of pornography. The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) applauds this action and Rep. Ross Spano for spearheading this effort. Public health impacts of pornography are no trivial matter. The harms associated with pornography […]
Hugh Hefner’s true legacy: Sexual Exploitation by Patrick Trueman
With Hugh Hefner’s death, the media has erupted in praise for his alleged contributions to society through the pornography magazine he founded, Playboy. In reality, Hefner leaves behind a colossal legacy of sexual exploitation. Playboy popularized the commodification of the female body in soft-core pornography magazines in the 1950s, and it laid the groundwork for the public health […]
Google Lobbyists Fighting Anti-Human Trafficking Legislation
Google lobbyists are blitzing members of the U.S. Congress to stop their efforts to combat online sex trafficking by amending section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) in the respective bills S. 1693 and H.R. 1865. As currently interpreted by U.S. federal courts, Section 230 of the CDA grants broad immunity to Internet platforms […]
VIDEO: List of top 12 corporations that profit from or facilitate sexual exploitation
No corporation should profit from or facilitate sexual exploitation. Unfortunately, many well-established brands, companies, and organizations in America do just that. Since 2013, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation has published an annual Dirty Dozen List to name and shame the bad corporate actors in America that perpetuate sexual exploitation—whether that be through pornography, prostitution, […]
Google is a mainstream supporter of Sex Traffickers
Yesterday a coalition of consumer and anti-trafficking advocates released a report documenting that Google has financially backed the efforts of digital rights groups to defend Backpage.com—a website notorious for facilitating prostitution and sex trafficking—from numerous legal challenges. The report cited evidence that Google and the groups it financially supports have filed a series of amicus briefs […]
VIDEO Exposé: Toxic harm caused by pornography, sex trafficking, prostitution & more
As you may have heard, National Center On Sexual Exploitation had an incredible event in the U.S. Capitol recently! We gathered experts from around the country to inform an audience filled with Congressional staffers, personnel from the Department of Justice, Health and Human Services, and many other influential leaders, about the problem of sexual exploitation […]
Georgia v. Scott: ‘Talking Dirty’ to a Child is Not Protected by the First Amendment
In January, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation submitted an amicus brief to the Georgia Supreme Court urging the court to uphold a statute criminalizing obscene Internet contact with minors. This statute is vital to protecting children from sexual predators in the digital age but was facing a First Amendment challenge. The American Center for Law […]
Face-to-face with Verizon’s CEO on ‘Sexploitation’
I wanted to update you on our efforts with Verizon since you signed the petition, because we are hopeful for change! Below is a message from Lisa, our Director of Education and Outreach, who just got back from meeting with Verizon’s CEO and Chairman: When I began working for the National Center on Sexual Exploitation […]
Men and Boys can no longer be Invisible Victims
Upon returning to the office after hosting a successful press conference announcing our Cosmo Harms Minors campaign about 18 months ago, I received two phone calls that really changed my perspective on how we are addressing these issues. The first call was a young high school student, who rather shyly explained how grateful he is for […]
The United Nations Must Consider This Torture by Haley Halverson
The United Nations must recognize that all individuals have an inherent right to be free from the sexual exploitation, objectification, and violence which are inherently found in prostitution and pornography. The experiences of physical, mental, and verbal abuse commonly experienced in both pornography and prostitution are consistent with torture and should be addressed accordingly. This […]
No, It’s Not Your 1st Amendment Right to ‘Talk Dirty’ to a Child by Dani Bianculli
Criminal laws must be updated to adapt to the new Internet community. Like any other community the Internet is a place for business, relationships, dating and unfortunately criminal activity, including the sexual exploitation and abuse of children. This is why the National Center on Sexual Exploitation has filed an amicus brief for a court case […]
Cosmopolitan Magazine ‘Pornifies’ Christmas by Lisa Thompson with Dani Bianculli
Few people following the news could have missed the controversy brewing around the Starbuck’s “Christmas” coffee cup. Conspicuously missing from the bright, red cup is any greeting referring to Christmas or any of the holidays associated with this time of year. Whether you take issue with the Starbucks cup or not, the issue that sparked […]