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Child Exploitation
Social Media Addiction and Online Exploitation: How Todayโ€™s Digital Environment Is Increasing Risk for Kidsย 

By Jackie Block Goldstein, LSW, Vice President for Survivor Care at Our Rescue, and John Trenary Vice President of Cyber at Our Rescue  In early 2026,ย separate juries in California and New Mexico foundย twoย popularย social mediaย companies liable for contributing to the mental health crisis amongย children. Theย landmark verdictsย confirmed what many families…

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Child Exploitation
With Just One Picture: How AI Has Changed Child Exploitationย 

In a recentย Guardian interview,ย actressย Mara Wilson, beloved for her work as a childย actressย in movies such asย โ€œMatilda,โ€ย andย โ€œMrs. Doubtfire,โ€ย shared a modern horror story. She discovered that her likeness when she was a child had been used to create AI-generated child sexual abuse materialย (AIG-CSAM). Her story…

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Online Exploitation
Internet Safety Tips You Need to Know to Protect Your Family in 2025

Protecting Children in the Digital Age  Every child deserves to grow up free from exploitation and harmโ€”both offline and online. At Our Rescue, we’re committed to creating a world where children can safely navigate digital spaces without falling prey to those who would exploit them. The fight against trafficking and…

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Policy & Legal Advocacy
Breaking: Teacher arrested, 20,000 files of suspected child sexual abuse material seized, 15-year-old removed from teacherโ€™s home

Earlier this month, a family in Thailand made a devastating discovery โ€” a teacher was sexually abusing their nine-year-old son. The child revealed the teacher was coercing him into performing explicit acts, which the teacher filmed and uploaded online. His parents immediately reported the crime to the Cyber Crime Investigation…

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Statistics & Research
The 2024 Dirty Dozen List

Each year, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE), a leading non-profit organization exposing the links between all forms of sexual abuse and exploitation, publishes the Dirty Dozen List. It identifies 12 “mainstream contributorsโ€ who they find to be facilitating, enabling, or profiting from sexual abuse and exploitation. Here are…

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Policy & Legal Advocacy
Bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act Passes Senate 91-3

The Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act (KOSPA) is a comprehensive bill thatโ€™s designed to better protect minors from sexual exploitation, violence, and other online dangers. KOSPA was formed after two separate bills โ€“ the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children and Teensโ€™ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA…

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Online Exploitation
Teens Share Their Online Experiences

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Online Exploitation
Teens Talk Online Grooming

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Online Exploitation
Teens Talk Online Relationships