SESTA

Join Us As We Look at Pending
Sex Trafficking Legislation

In The Line of Fire – Backpage and The Trucking Industry!

This week we will focus on the challenges of trying to control the activities of commercial sex advertisers like Backpage through legislation and the impact on protecting citizens’ right to privacy when using the internet. We will also look at the impact on the trucking industry and bills proposing to penalize commercial drivers who engage in the solicitation of sex while on duty.

  1. STOP ENABLING SEX TRAFFICKERS ACT (SESTA) would amend the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that section 230 of that Act does not prohibit the enforcement against providers and users of interactive computer services of Federal and State criminal and civil law relating to sex trafficking.

U.S. Senator Rob Portman is proposing a bill that will allow victims of sex trafficking, who were advertised on Backpage or similar sites, to obtain justice and sue the internet company for damages. It will also allow that state and local authorities can prosecute websites for violation of Federal and State sex trafficking laws.

2. Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (Conn) and Congressman John Katko (NY) introduced two bipartisan bills in the U.S. House of Representatives to combat trafficking:

“Like” Million Kids on Facebook to get involved so we can say together, “NEVER AGAIN SHOULD A CHILD BE VIOLATED!”

For more FREE human trafficking training, find all of our archived shows at ExploitedCrimes.com

You can also find us on iTunes at Exploited – Crimes Against Humanity

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Opal Singleton is the President and CEO of Million Kids, a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to keeping kids safe from predators. Million Kids serves as the Training and Outreach Coordinator for the Riverside County Anti Human Trafficking Task Force and works with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department through a Department of Justice Grant. Opal has trained more than 250,000 government and individual leaders about labor trafficking, child sex trafficking, sextortion, child pornography and social media exploitation. She is the author of Seduced: The Grooming of America’s Teenagers and often appears on television and radio talk shows across the United States. Opal is an Instructor at USC Price Safe Communities Institute and a Co-Instructor at the USC School of Social Work for the Los Angeles Police Department LEAD program. She is an Instructor at Los Angeles Fire Leadership Training Academy she serves on the Board of Directors for Rapha House International in Cambodia, Thailand and Haiti. Opal has completed the Robert Presley Institute of Criminal Investigation Instructor Course and served on the Peace Officers Standardized Training) panel to develop the training curriculum on human trafficking for law enforcement for California. Opal hosts two weekly radio shows. KTIE 590 AM broadcasts “Exploited: Crimes and Technology” every Saturday at 3:00 throughout Southern California. “Exploited: Crimes against Humanity” is a global Internet weekly human trafficking training program that broadcasts through Voice America Variety Channel to more than 170 countries. If your organization, church, school or business would like to learn more about trafficking and exploitation in your community, contact us to arrange an informative presentation at: (951) 323-0298 or email us at info@millionkids.org. Visit our website at: http://www.millionkids.org

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