Multiple Hotel Chains Sued for Allegedly Allowing Sex Trafficking in Their Facilities Blog

Multiple Hotel Chains Sued for Allegedly Allowing Sex Trafficking in Their Facilities

It’s safe to say that the porn industry is, at best, complicit in trafficking and, at worst, an active participant—possibly similarly to these hotel groups.

Fight the New DrugFebruary 2, 2020

Adam Savage From “Mythbusters” Explains Porn’s Harms to His Sons in This Genius Way Blog

Adam Savage From “Mythbusters” Explains Porn’s Harms to His Sons in This Genius Way

"If you could look into someone’s brain the way you search the internet, and the internet was a dude, that dude has a problem with women," Savage…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 30, 2020

How This Tech Startup Caught 25 Sex Traffickers and Rescued 50 Victims Last Year Blog

How This Tech Startup Caught 25 Sex Traffickers and Rescued 50 Victims Last Year

Every day, it seems like technology moves ahead by 10 years. Artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) are terms we hear thrown around almost constantly, developments…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 29, 2020

How Porn Evolved with Tech to be More Accessible, Affordable, and Aggressive Blog

How Porn Evolved with Tech to be More Accessible, Affordable, and Aggressive

The days of sneaking around to snag a Playboy magazine or to peek at explicit pictures hidden in your big brother’s dresser are long gone. Since the…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 28, 2020

How Porn Inspired a 24-Year-Old Man to Strangle This Teen to Death Blog

How Porn Inspired a 24-Year-Old Man to Strangle This Teen to Death

James said previously tried strangling a partner after he saw it done in porn. In that moment, he decided to try strangling again, killing Hannah in the…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 28, 2020

Iowa Man Admits Porn Inspired Him to Expose Himself to a Woman in a Grocery Store Blog

Iowa Man Admits Porn Inspired Him to Expose Himself to a Woman in a Grocery Store

Instead of the sexual response he was expecting, he was charged with a crime. He admitted he had seen it done in a porn video and was…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 27, 2020

There’s No Room for “Casting Couch” Porn in a #MeToo World Blog

There’s No Room for “Casting Couch” Porn in a #MeToo World

Casting couch porn capitalizes on real-life abusive scenarios that many men and women—both in and out of the porn industry—deal with all the time.

Fight the New DrugJanuary 27, 2020

Miami Authorities and Hotels Crack Down on Trafficking Ahead of Super Bowl LIV Weekend Blog

Miami Authorities and Hotels Crack Down on Trafficking Ahead of Super Bowl LIV Weekend

The Associated Press also reports that authorities say Miami-Dade County ranks first in sex trafficking in Florida, which in turn ranks third in the nation.

Fight the New DrugJanuary 23, 2020

Hotels, Motels, and Transit: How Workers in These Industries are Cracking Down on Sex Trafficking Blog

Hotels, Motels, and Transit: How Workers in These Industries are Cracking Down on Sex Trafficking

Training employees to spot trafficking survivors is normally up to the individual company, two new California laws actually require transit, hotel, and motel employees to undergo human…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 22, 2020

The Percentage of Sexless Twenty-Somethings is Now a Record High, but Why? Blog

The Percentage of Sexless Twenty-Somethings is Now a Record High, but Why?

The share of US adults reporting no sex in the past year reached an all-time high in 2018. Experts cite everything from living with parents to increased…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 22, 2020

Ex-Student Activist who Spoke Against Child Abuse Admits to Sexually Assaulting Minor & Having Child Porn Blog

Ex-Student Activist who Spoke Against Child Abuse Admits to Sexually Assaulting Minor & Having Child Porn

An ex-Columbia student who was known for his efforts to halt sexual violence against children admitted to sexually assaulting a minor and possessing child porn.

Fight the New DrugJanuary 17, 2020

Celebrities Who Use Their Platforms to Help End Sex Trafficking Blog

Celebrities Who Use Their Platforms to Help End Sex Trafficking

Blake Lively, Carrie Underwood, Emma Thompson—when stars use their public platforms to give visibility to the realities of sex trafficking, people start paying attention.

Fight the New DrugJanuary 16, 2020

Survivor Story: Why I Became Obsessed with Porn After I was Sex Trafficked Blog

Survivor Story: Why I Became Obsessed with Porn After I was Sex Trafficked

"When I was two years old, I was sold into human trafficking and was taught that children needed to allow grown men to use their bodies."

Fight the New DrugJanuary 16, 2020

How Airbnb’s Relaxed Policies Might Allow for Trafficking on Hosts’ Properties Blog

How Airbnb’s Relaxed Policies Might Allow for Trafficking on Hosts’ Properties

The hospitality industry has long been a hotspot for sex traffickers. Due to a policy lapse, Airbnb could be permitting sex trafficking like other hotel chains.

Fight the New DrugJanuary 14, 2020

Expectations vs. Reality: Why Watching Porn Can Change What You Find Attractive Blog

Expectations vs. Reality: Why Watching Porn Can Change What You Find Attractive

So what do consumers learn about the world from porn? For one thing, porn dictates what is considered "sexy," which brings up more than a few issues.

Fight the New DrugJanuary 14, 2020