VICTORY: TikTok’s New Privacy and Safety Features for Children
In January 2021, TikTok announced several enhanced privacy and safety settings for minors, making it more difficult for children to be groomed, sexually exploited, or abused through this extremely popular platform. TikTok’s announcement states “As young people start their digital journey, we believe it’s important to provide them with age-appropriate privacy settings and controls.” We couldn’t agree more. Since the…
Our 2020 Impact—With You On Our Side
With 2020 behind us and a new year ahead of us, we’d like to take a moment to look back at all that we accomplished last year. At the beginning of 2020, we had a three-year plan to dismantle the sexual exploitation industry as we know it, from all angles—advocacy, legislative, and legal perspectives. Despite…
An End to the Internet Pornography Industry as We Know It
This past December, we achieved our biggest victory yet—after years of tireless advocacy from passionate defenders of dignity like you, the hardcore online pornography titan Pornhub is finally crumbling before our eyes! Fighting against the pornography and commercial sex industries can feel like an uphill battle, a hill so steep that sometimes it seems we…
Millions of abuse videos removed in hours! NCOSE named as major reason.
BREAKING: Pornhub has removed at least 10.6 million abuse videos and counting as of December 14, 2020. MindGeek is also saying that they plan to do the same across all of their related websites. This is another major win in our fight towards a world free from sexual abuse and exploitation. Take a moment to…
The First Multi-National Online Event to Address the Harms of Pornography in Africa
In November, leaders from four African nations spoke out during the first multi-national online event to address the harms of pornography in Africa. This event was facilitated by the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation (CESE) Africa, and led by the speakers: Alvin Winford, African Network for the Prevention and Protection Against Child Abuse (Liberia) Chinyere…
Victory! FL House Declares Pornography a Public Health Risk
This is big news: the Florida House passed a resolution declaring pornography a public health risk. Rep. Ross Spano sponsored the resolution and fought hard for its passage. We are so grateful for his dedication to this mission and for his leadership.Sexual exploitation is a scourge on our society and carefully vetted research shows clearly how pornography fuels other forms of…
Kansas Resolution Continues Societal Awakening About the Negative Impacts of Pornography
The Kansas Senate voted Tuesday to pass a resolution condemning pornography for the harm it causes both individuals and society; the Kansas House took similar action in 2017. The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) applauds these actions. It wasn’t long ago that the American public considered smoking innocuous. People smoked at work and in…
VICTORY! Disney to remove sex trafficking scene in Pirates of the Caribbean Rides
Disney is finally recognizing the need to stop joking about and glamorizing human sex trafficking. They announced that they will remove the scene in the Pirates of the Caribbean Ride where women are tied up, crying, and are being auctioned off while men are jeering at them, yelling “We wants the redhead!” The National Center…
How One Man Removed His Local Kroger’s Display of the Fifty Shades of Grey Franchise
Do you remember the first time you heard about the book Fifty Shades of Grey? Maybe you saw it being promoted on social media or someone reading it in public. Others may have encountered the book on display in a local book or grocery store or heard it being discussed among friends. One thing is…
Utah Recognizes Pornography as Public Health Crisis: Ceremonial Signing with Governor Herbert
Full video of the April 19, 2016 Press Conference and Ceremonial Signing of SCR 9 by Utah’s Governor Gary Herbert recognizing pornography as a public health crisis Background information: Utah is on the cutting edge of addressing the pervasive public health crisis of pornography in America. On April 19th, Utah Governor Gary Herbert completed a…