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In the context of human trafficking, “tech” refers to the use of technology to facilitate and perpetuate trafficking activities. For example, traffickers may use social media platforms to recruit victims, or use encrypted messaging apps to communicate with each other about trafficking operations.
Children need companies to design platforms for safety as effectively as they innovate for profit. Kids need governments to regulate the internet the way they regulate physical spaces—with protection and accountability as priority. And civil society organizations must play their role too, sharing promising models and practices while amplifying survivor leaders globally. These imperatives are…
Ransomware gangs have long sought pain points where their extortion demands have the greatest leverage. Now an investigation from NBC News has made clear what that merciless business model looks like when it targets kids: One ransomware group’s giant leak of sensitive files from the Minneapolis school system exposes thousands of children at their most…
Pieper Lewis Sentencing Scheduled for May 31st On April 12th, the public defenders for Pieper spoke at a lecture on the Iowa State University campus entitled “Examining the Homicide Case of a Teenage Sex Trafficking Survivor”. Matthew Sheeley, Assistant State Public Defender, is shown in the photo speaking about the tireless effort to seek justice…
Editor’s note: Second in a five-part series on human trafficking in Wisconsin: How are sex trafficking victims lured in? FOND DU LAC, Wis. — It was a diaper run – something young mothers across the country do every day. McKenzie Zahradnik was with her two children – ages 2 and 4 months – and pregnant with…
A new survey from Pew Research Center shows that most teens say social media strengthens their friendships, engages their creative side, and connects them with support. But as our nation debates how to make online experiences healthier for young people, those benefits are being overlooked and a concerning wave of legislation threatens to prevent teens…
Higher Education and Human Trafficking A Capstone Presented to the Faculty of the School of Education at Governors State University By Dr. David Deeds March 2022 In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education Dedication This capstone is dedicated to my wife and children who inspired me every day to dream…
Here is our recorded meeting link for our March 2023 TC 5 Stones meeting! Our March TC 5 Stones Taskforce meeting will be tomorrow Tuesday March 28th at 11am. We will meet at 1000 Calvert St, Fort Worth, TX 76107 and will also live stream the meeting over Zoom. We are asking those interested in the virtual…
A shareholder lawsuit filed late Monday accuses board members of Instagram and Facebook parent Meta of shirking their duties by ignoring human and sex trafficking on the tech giant’s social platforms. The suit filed in the Court of Chancery in the US state of Delaware calls for Mark Zuckerberg, along with other executives and board…
Our reliance on face matching for identity verification is being challenged by the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and facial morphing technology. This technique involves digitally creating an image which is an average of two people’s faces, and which can deceive not only human examiners, but also facial recognition systems. The misuse of this technology…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security joined the U.S. Department of Justice yesterday to announce the first ever extraditions from Guatemala to the United States on charges of human smuggling resulting in death, and the first Guatemalan human smuggling extraditions to the United States of any kind in nearly five years. This announcement…
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