Over 100 quick stats and findings from an ever-growing body of research that details the effects of porn for individuals, relationships, and society.
83% of active 2020 sex trafficking cases involved online solicitation, which is overwhelmingly the most common tactic traffickers use to solicit sex buyers.
According to one report on domestic minor sex trafficking, survivors indicate that they were sometimes “advertised” on porn sites.
In one survey of underage sex trafficking victims, 63% said they had been advertised or sold online.
44.6% of underage sex trafficking victims experienced childhood sexual abuse before entry into the commercial sex industry.
59% of online victim recruitment in active sex trafficking cases in the U.S. occurred on Facebook.
Reports show that those who sexually abuse children often show their victims porn to groom them or normalize sexual abuse.
Sex trafficking is a commercial sex act that is brought about by force, fraud, or coercion, or where someone under 18 is involved.
Pornography is the 2nd-most common form of sex trafficking, according to cases reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
65% of underage victims recruited online in 2020 active criminal sex trafficking cases were recruited through Facebook, while 14% were recruited through Instagram, and 8% were recruited through Snapchat.
Child sexual abuse material (also known as child pornography) is a more rampant issue than ever before, and is growing at alarming rates
If a porn performer is tricked, manipulated, or coerced during the production of porn, that is legally defined as sex trafficking.
Of the approximately 24.9 million trafficking victims globally, an estimated 4.8 million—about 19%—are trafficked for sex, and more than 1 in 5 sex trafficking victims—an estimated 21%—are children, according to the International Labour Office.
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