2021 Trafficking in Persons Report: The Impact COVID-19 Had on Sexual Exploitation Blog

2021 Trafficking in Persons Report: The Impact COVID-19 Had on Sexual Exploitation

Let’s take a look at what this year’s Federal Trafficking and Trafficking in Persons reports reveal, and the impact of COVID-19 as it relates to exploitation.

Fight the New DrugJuly 26, 2021

How to Report Child Sexual Abuse Material if You or Someone You Know Sees It Online Blog

How to Report Child Sexual Abuse Material if You or Someone You Know Sees It Online

Here's how to report any source of child sexual abuse material if you or someone you know runs across it while on the internet.

Fight the New DrugJuly 20, 2021

What Could Stop Men from Buying Sex and Watching Porn? Blog

What Could Stop Men from Buying Sex and Watching Porn?

If everyone rejected contributing to commercial sexual exploitation, we would have healthier communities. But what are the factors that push men, specifically, to purchase sex or consume…

Fight the New DrugJuly 20, 2021

How Sex Traffickers Use Social Media to Find, Groom, and Control Victims Blog

How Sex Traffickers Use Social Media to Find, Groom, and Control Victims

Social media is now the most common way traffickers make initial contact with their victims. Here's how they do it.

Fight the New DrugJuly 20, 2021

If You’re In the Sex Industry and You’re Thinking of Leaving, This Article Is for You Blog

If You’re In the Sex Industry and You’re Thinking of Leaving, This Article Is for You

If you are considering leaving the industry, there are definitely some things that will help you make a successful transition.

Fight the New DrugJuly 19, 2021

Jose’s Story: As a Teen, I Was Sex Trafficked Through a Massage Business Blog

Jose’s Story: As a Teen, I Was Sex Trafficked Through a Massage Business

"Now, I can tell you that no matter what you’ve gone through, you can always pick up the pieces and grow into a stronger and better person…

Fight the New DrugJuly 12, 2021

Reports of CSAM Increased in 2020—Why Was So Much of It Created by Minors Themselves? Blog

Reports of CSAM Increased in 2020—Why Was So Much of It Created by Minors Themselves?

Some self-generated images represent a child who was groomed or coerced, while many teens today “share nudes” supposedly willingly.

Fight the New DrugJuly 9, 2021

This Train Passenger’s Tweet Saved 25 Girls from Human Trafficking Blog

This Train Passenger’s Tweet Saved 25 Girls from Human Trafficking

Many of us see the phrase, "If you see something, say something," on signs at public transportation stations, but how many of us actually speak up?

Fight the New DrugJuly 9, 2021

Want to Help Fight Child Sex Trafficking? Know These 9 Acronyms and 5 Facts Blog

Want to Help Fight Child Sex Trafficking? Know These 9 Acronyms and 5 Facts

For anyone who is invested in the fight against child trafficking, here are a few commonly-used acronyms that are essential to know.

Fight the New DrugJuly 7, 2021

Real Stories of Women Who Were Trafficked Into Shooting Porn Blog

Real Stories of Women Who Were Trafficked Into Shooting Porn

There are different ways that porn and sex trafficking are connected. Here are just a few real cases that illustrate the exploitative side of the porn industry.

Fight the New DrugJuly 7, 2021

What Devices Do Consumers Use the Most to Watch Porn? Blog

What Devices Do Consumers Use the Most to Watch Porn?

Technology has changed not only the content of porn, but also how, when, and at what age it's consumed.

Fight the New DrugJuly 2, 2021

If a Porn Performer is Abused During a Scene, Where Do They Report It? Blog

If a Porn Performer is Abused During a Scene, Where Do They Report It?

There is actually no formal system for reporting abuse in the porn industry. What’s worse? Those who report abuse publicly are often blacklisted.

Fight the New DrugJuly 1, 2021

Eyes of the Highway: How “Truckers Against Trafficking” Fights Exploitation, Saves Lives Blog

Eyes of the Highway: How “Truckers Against Trafficking” Fights Exploitation, Saves Lives

For Truckers Against Trafficking, not only do they train drivers on what to look for, they are changing the conversation around exploitation.

Fight the New DrugJuly 1, 2021

15 Surprising Facts about How Common Revenge Porn Is Blog

15 Surprising Facts about How Common Revenge Porn Is

Did you know 1 in 3 underage teens report having seen nonconsensually shared nudes of other minors—which legally qualifies as "child porn"?

Fight the New DrugJune 30, 2021

Today’s Teens are Distributing Child Porn of Themselves Without Knowing It Blog

Today’s Teens are Distributing Child Porn of Themselves Without Knowing It

The momentary thrill of being noticed by your crush is definitely overshadowed by the many risks of sexting—ending up in court is only one of them.

Fight the New DrugJune 30, 2021