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 […]
The recently released movie Sound of Freedom covers an important issue of child sex trafficking in South America. While this film has ignited conversations, there is significant work to be done to address this complex topic, and every concerned citizen can play a role in making a difference. We at NCOSE invite you to take action and […]
Let’s play a game. Raise your hand if there’s a picture of your face online. Now, raise your other hand if there’s one of your daughter, your girlfriend, your sister, or any other loved one. It’s probably safe to assume that most or all of you have both hands in the air right now (if […]
Intersections of Vulnerability in the LGBT Community (+Resources). He was only 14, but he was alone. After coming out about his sexual orientation to his family, his stepfather had beaten him and threw him out on the street. His stomach in knots of fear, the young boy walked into a shelter for the first time. […]
Surgeon General Issues New Advisory About Effects Social Media Use Has on Youth Mental Health Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy Urges Action to Ensure Social Media Environments are Healthy and Safe, as Previously-Advised National Youth Mental Health Crisis Continues Today, United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released a new Surgeon General’s Advisory on Social Media […]
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation is pleased to present the Dignity Defense Award to Imgur, a popular image sharing website, for banning and removing all sexually explicit content and pornography from their platform. In a blog post detailing this decision, the company states, “Explicit and illegal content have historically posed a risk to Imgur’s community and its business, […]
I have to admit: when I was first asked to research Spotify as a potential Dirty Dozen List target, I may have rolled my eyes a little bit. Spotify is just for streaming music and podcasts, right? How bad could it be? . . . As it turns out, pretty bad. Pornography on Spotify To my shock, […]