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January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. As we begin a new year, it is an important time to reflect on the resilience of trafficking survivors and recognize the efforts of those who work tirelessly to prevent and eliminate this inhumane and devastating form of abuse and exploitation. We’ve had many challenges in 2023. Slavery is escalating in the United States. Let us all enter into 2024 with the commitment that we will educate, prevent, speak up and out, have open and honest communication with our children and urge our 118th Congress to enact legislation to keep kids safe. 

Human trafficking, also known as trafficking in persons, includes both forced labor and sex trafficking. It not only represents a threat to international peace and security but also undermines the rule of law, robs millions of their dignity and freedom, enriches transnational criminals and terrorists, and threatens public safety and national security everywhere. This crime affects all of us. Our children are vulnerable because of their online use. It is reported that 500,000 predators are online every day. One in five children will be approached online with sexual content – images and/or conversation. 40% will attempt to meet that stranger in real-time.

All of this must end. These are crimes against humanity. This is a bipartisan issue. Human trafficking belongs to no political party. It is time to end these atrocities.

Learn more here and remember it’s now 2024. It’s time to #BeAWarrior

500,000 predators are online every day. This number is escalating. Law enforcement cannot keep up with the onslaught of these crimes against our youth. It is time for you to TAKE ACTION!

Warriors! Help is here. Always follow GABB Wireless and learn about tech-safety devices for kids and teens and also daily updates on everything tech you need to know.

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2024 is our year. The YEAR OF CHILDREN FIRST #protectourchildren #online #realtime

Here’s to a Happy and Safe NEW YEAR!

A law that classifies human trafficking of a minor for the purposes of a commercial sex act as a “serious felony” will take effect Jan. 1, less than six months after debate around the bill roiled the Capitol.

Under current law, human trafficking of a minor for purposes of commercial sex incurs a sentence of up to 12 years in prison. If the crime involves force, fear, fraud, deceit, coercion, violence, duress, menace, or threat of unlawful injury to the victim or to another person, the sentence is 15 years to life. If the person is convicted of inflicting great bodily harm on the victim while trafficking them, a judge can add up to 10 years to a prison sentence.

Under the new law, people convicted of commercial child sex trafficking would face longer prison terms and potential life sentences.

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And it’s easy to think it won’t happen to you… but it can. The National Center for Missing and Exploited is here to help.

The Take It Down program will help you get it taken down. Having nudes online is scary.

This service is one step you can take to help remove online nude, partially nude, or sexually explicit photos and videos taken before you were 18.

Learn more. Ask questions. There is help. There is hope. And always remember that anything you post online, will be there forever. Even f you delete a photo, it has been captured or shared by others. Even if it’s only to there for seconds. Please have an open and honest discussion with kids about this.

Did you buy your child, grandchild or family member a device for the holidays? Then you have a duty to learn more about safety features. Don’t worry. Protect Young Eyes has you covered. Our favorite gaming systems, smartphones, tablets, and even smart TVs have parental controls that are constantly changing. We’ve done the work for you. Here’s to a safe 2024!

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Do you know what your children are doing online? The predators do.  It is reported, and the number is most-likely higher, that 500,000 predators are online every day looking for vulnerable children to exploit.

Please follow our colleagues and well-vetted information at Protect Young Eyes. Everything you need to know about devices, safety measures, take actions and downright common sense in today’s overwhelming parenting world.

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Criminals are hacking children’s social media accounts and cloning their voices using AI to trick their parents into sending them money, MailOnline can reveal.

Even the most basic scammers are using simple AI tools online to turn just three seconds of a child’s voice into deepfakeaudio files with an 85 to 90 per cent match, security experts have warned.

With more effort spent on cloning, hackers can even achieve a 95 per cent voice match, research from security firm McAfee shows, leaving parents at risk of being exploited by ruthless fraudsters.

The more accurate the clone, the better chance a criminal has of preying on the vulnerability of a friend or family member and tricking them into handing over their money. One influencer, with nearly 400,000 followers on TikTok, revealed how her mother was woken up in the middle of the night to a call from an unknown number. When she answered, it was her daughter’s voice – which had been cloned – screaming for help. It comes as fraud experts issued fresh warnings over the latest ‘hi mum’ texts where scammers ‘prey on our goodwill with emotive stories’ and con parents into thinking their children are in trouble.

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