03-04 OSCARS Best Movie ANORA is Pure Propaganda Promoting “Sex Work”
Taina Bien-Aimé – Executive Director of Coalition Against Trafficking in Women The opening of Sean Baker’s 2024 indie film, Anora, takes you into the back rooms of a strip club called “Headquarters,” peppered with men sprawled in leather seats as young naked women gyrate on their groins. In soft-focus and voyeuristic, a facsimile of the male gaze, […]
03-03 NEW REPORT: Buyers Unmasked: Exposing the Men Who Buy Sex & Solutions to End Exploitation
This report seeks to shine a light on a consistently overlooked dimension of commercial sexual exploitation: the sex buyers who fuel this destructive system. The report features sex buyer quotes from across the country to expose the ways in which these men view and discuss the individuals they purchase for sex acts as well as […]
03-02 2025 The Common Sense Census: Media Use By Kids Zero to Eight
The fifth iteration of the Common Sense Census: Media Use by Kids Zero to Eight advances a long-running research series that examines trends in the media consumption of young children, providing insights into the role that technology plays from the crib to the classroom. The last 0 to 8 Census was conducted in early 2020, […]
03-01 NEW REPORT FROM FAIRPLAY FOR KIDS: Buying to Belong: Virtual Goods in Roblox and Fortnite Are Exposing Kids to Harm.
As social gaming platforms like Roblox and Fortnite surpass social media’s popularity among kids, this new report using focus group data from young players shows how the pervasive marketing of virtual goods in those games exposes children to harm. The report shows that platforms like Roblox and Fortnite aggressively promote virtual goods — including avatars, […]
02-28 GROSSLY INADEQUATE. APPLE Releases Statement on Child Safety.
Apple announced it would be updating some device and App Store features to address child safety concerns. Sarah Gardner – CEO of the HEAT INITIATIVE – “Unfortunately, Apple’s announcement is not an earnest investment in keeping kids safe, it is another stage in a race to the bottom as tech companies like Apple and Meta […]
02-27 Teens are Spilling Dark Thoughts to AI Chatbots. Who’s to Blame when Something Goes Wrong?
When her teen with autism suddenly became angry, depressed and violent, the mother searched his phone for answers. She found her son had been exchanging messages with chatbots on Character.AI, an artificial intelligence app that allows users to create and interact with virtual characters that mimic celebrities, historical figures and anyone else their imagination conjures. […]
02-26 Parents in Palmer Twp., PA Asking for Community’s Help to Find 14-Year-Old Daughter
Two parents in Northampton County are pleading for the community’s help to find their 14-year-old daughter. Enci Wu, who goes by Aubrey, ran away from her home in Palmer Township in early January and hasn’t been seen in more than a month. Her parents told us they believe she may have been the victim of […]
02-25 A Break from Your Smartphone Can Reboot Your Mood. Here’s How Long You Need.
f you order up coffee on a mobile app while scrolling your social feeds, or can’t stop watching videos and reading news articles on your phone at bedtime, listen up! Researchers studied what happened when people agreed to block the internet from their smartphones for just two weeks. And turns out, 91% felt better after […]
02-24 GREAT NEW SAFETY SERIES: Justice Nation: Crime Stops Here with Nancy Grace
02-23 WAKE UP AMERICA! NJ Man Charged with Sextortion of Minor Met on Gaming App
Talk to your kids. NOW. A Somerset County man is accused of giving gift cards to a minor and then threatening the victim’s family when he didn’t get to meet him in person. Sebastian Romero, 27, was arrested at his Somerset home on Aug. 2, according to the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office. He’s charged with first-degree […]