By the Numbers: Is the Porn Industry Connected to Sex Trafficking?
We’re not claiming that all porn is non-consensual. Some of it is and some of it isn’t, and when you watch it there’s no way to know which is which. Source: Fight the New Drug
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Quarantine to Blame for Surge in OnlyFans Subscribers and Sextortion Cases
Add the increased loneliness, boredom, stress, anxiety, and you get a recipe for what some describe as a “diminished capacity” for sexual decision-making. Source: Fight the New Drug
The Kids Are Not Okay
COVID-19 has Increased Sex Trafficking and Exploitation Concerns Source: medium.com
2020 Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Online Global Summit
Want a world free from sexual abuse & exploitation? Attend the Free Online #CESESummit! Source: 2020 Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Online Global Summit
How COVID-19 Has Impacted Media Consumption, by Generation
This visualization explores how each generation’s media consumption is changing amid the frenzy of pandemic-induced quarantines. Source: Visual Capitalist
Ping! Alert! Why That Barrage of News Updates is Bad for Your Mental Health
“Media outlets take advantage of this thing called negativity bias. The human brain cannot help but focus on the negative; words like ‘war’ or ‘pandemic’ get our mental and psychological attention in no time flat… In our everyday lives, when we are not actually in any real imminent danger, getting…
The pandemic is causing an exponential rise in the online exploitation of children, experts say.
This exponential increase in child abuse online has been attributed to a confluence of circumstances caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Source: CNN
What schools can do to reduce the risk that teachers and other educators will sexually abuse children.
A scholar who researches this underreported criminal behavior recommends four steps to root it out. Source: The Conversation
When They Know They Are Being Manipulated — It Can Help
In this week’s TTT I talk about a fascinating experiment and an interesting public health campaign that significantly changed youth behavior … and how that can be applied to reducing screen time. Source: SCREENAGERS
Digital Well-Being Guidelines for Parents During the COVID-19 Pandemic
In this unprecedented time, technology has become part of the social fabric in a deeper, more intimate way than ever before—for those of us able to access it, technology has been a social lifeline. Unfortunately, our increased reliance on technology doesn’t diminish the challenges and dangers it poses. Source: Center…
