How Sex Traffickers Use Social Media to Find, Groom, and Control Victims Article
Social media is now the most common way traffickers make initial contact with their victims. Here’s how they do it.
Social media is now the most common way traffickers make initial contact with their victims. Here’s how they do it.
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Popular porn sites have content featuring the sexual exploitation of one of the more vulnerable groups of people in the world—displaced refugees.
“All porn teaches is to objectify women and that watching porn makes you a ‘real man.’ Pornography should not be a standard of manhood.”
Sloane Ryan is a 37-year-old mom. With the help of makeup, fashion, and photo editing, she transformed into different identities less than half her age.
For people whose partners consume porn, feelings of rejection, mistrust, anger, and shame are unfortunately common.
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Many people think watching porn is healthy if you watch it every once in a while, or if you find ethical porn. We fact-checked these claims.
When was the last time you were on social media? Now think about when you’ve had to hit a button to load more content. Exactly. You don’t have to. This feature is called “infinite scroll,” and it’s also available on major porn sites.
“I know how many people I have hurt by contributing to this industry and I want to be able to help make up for my mistakes in any way I can.”
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