by Melinda Sampson | Mar 4, 2024 | Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, Internet Safety, Prevention
Online safety is prevention. Online predators know how to find the most vulnerable young person in a sea of profiles on social media platforms. In many cases, child sex trafficking begins with online grooming activity. It is easy for predators to go into online spaces...
by Melinda Sampson | Jun 17, 2022 | Internet Safety, Prevention
Using safe internet practices is imperative when we are addressing abuse against children. Children live in a digital age in which communication, relationship development, learning and exploration have gone online. While the internet can provide children with...
by Melinda Sampson | Apr 7, 2022 | Online Platforms
OnlyFans is an online platform that is well known to many youths yet is relatively unknown to older adults. While older adults don’t know what OnlyFans even is, youth who take up using this platform are unaware of the risks that it entails. In this piece we will...
by Madison Craft | Apr 7, 2022 | Legislation and Policy, Resources, Sexual Assault
Last month, the Biden administration reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act, just in time for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Sexual violence is an issue that affects nearly half a million Americans every year, and it is not limited to in-person settings. In an...
by Melinda Sampson | Feb 8, 2022 | Legislation and Policy
We are happy to see that the EARN IT Act (Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technology) was reintroduced in the Senate on January 31, 2022, by Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Lindsay Graham, along with a host of Democratic and Republican legislators....
