NCOSE Invited to White House to Give Briefing on Sextortion
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) was honored to brief the National Security Council, Domestic Policy Council, Homeland Security Council, and other senior White House officials on sextortion—one of the fastest-growing threats to Americans. This briefing drew on our subject matter expertise, legal analysis, and work on transnational criminal networks, including their mercurial online manifestations.
Read more about the briefing and the information we presented to the White House here.
This briefing builds on wins by our Public Policy team helping shape bipartisan, commonsense legislation around AI safety, and facilitating virtual connections between experts and parents across the country with senior Senate/House staff to champion the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA)—ensuring authentic family voices drive change.
Your support fuels this bipartisan momentum. Thank you for standing with us in the fight for meaningful protections. If you are not yet in the arena with us,
kindly consider supporting our work.
Teresa J. Helm & Dani Pinter Discuss the 'Epstein Files' Victory
This week we celebrated the signing into law of the 'Epstein Files Transparency Act.' In an
incredible victory for survivors
, this bill mandates the
full release of all government documents
related to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking network.
Teresa J. Helm and Dani Pinter sit down on the
Ending Sexploitation Podcast
to discuss...
🎧 Listen to the podcast episode on
Spotify
,
Apple Podcasts
,
YouTube,
or your favorite podcast platform.
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You can also read our blog about this victory here.
NCOSE's Dani Pinter Featured in Panel on Social Responsibility of Big Tech
Dani Pinter, Chief Legal Officer and Director of the NCOSE Law Center, spoke this week at the Catholic University of America's Law School. Alongside a
panel of experts on Big Tech's role in exploitation
, Pinter spoke on the role of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in facilitating exploitation online.
Section 230 provides near blanket immunity for Big Tech companies when users are exploited or harmed on their platforms. Social platforms must design their platforms responsibly, with safety at the heart, not profits.
📣ACTION:
Urge Congress to End Section 230 Immunity!
New York Times:
The Screen That Ate Your Child's Education
A recent opinion essay in the New York Times points to
school-issued devices as a major inhibitor to a child's education.
Despite the fact that many schools have instituted cell phone bans, most school-issued devices are posing as yet another distraction for students.
"You might think that these school-issued devices allow only a limited number of functions, like access to classroom Canvas pages and Google Docs. If you assumed that, you would be wrong," writes Dr. Jean M. Twenge, psychology professor at San Diego State University.
In fact, students are watching YouTube videos or TV shows, playing games, and
some are even viewing pornography
. All on school-issued devices, all during the school day.
"Students watching porn in class doesn’t just affect the students themselves —
picture being a teenager in math class trying to concentrate on sine and cosine while sitting behind that display of flesh.
It is disturbing on a number of levels."
To learn more about the impacts of school-issued devices, read the full New York Times essay.
📣ACTION:
Ask Legislators to Protect Children from Online Pornography!
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