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Coronation Street is going to turn dark this week as Seb Franklin (played by Harry Visinoni) is going to expose a dark crime. It comes after the soap announced their decision to explore modern slavery and human trafficking, which Seb would be involved in. And according to official soap spoilers, he is going to uncover […]
Johnathan Drake/Reuters Mexican senators have asked their government to consider ending security and immigration cooperation with the US. The call comes in response to Trump’s now-rescinded policy of separating immigrant families at the border. It is not the first time Mexican officials have made such a proposal. Mexican legislators this week proposed ending cooperation with […]
A notice on the website of Backpage.com said it had been seized by multiple federal agencies. The site was at the center of a debate over amending a bedrock internet law. https://media.wired.com/photos/5ac7ed4bec5e9b19adb81f50/master/pass/backpage-elena-wired-web-01.jpg
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | baona ) The US Senate today passed a bill that weakens legal protections given to websites that host third-party content, saying the measure will help stop promotion of prostitution and sex trafficking on the Internet. But the legislation won’t actually help victims of sex trafficking, and will erode online free […]
Last June, The Atlantic published “My Family’s Slave,” a harrowing reflection by the journalist Alex Tizon on his experience of being raised by Eudocia Tomas Pulido, or, as she was known to Tizon, “Lola.” Pulido wasn’t in chains, Tizon wrote, yet “no other word but slave encompassed the life she lived.” The story moved millions […]
This is one of three first-person accounts written by survivors of human trafficking. The others, as well as background about the project, can be found here. My mother used to tell me, “I want you to go to school for me.” She herself had never had the chance. She came from a family of 10 […]
This is one of three first-person accounts written by survivors of human trafficking. The others, as well as background about the project, can be found here. I arrived in New York on September 15, 2005, at age 38, clutching a personal statement I had written for myself. It read, “I am going to America for […]
This is one of three first-person accounts written by survivors of human trafficking. The others, as well as background about the project, can be found here. I come from a family of teachers: father, husband, sisters, and daughter. I taught for 32 years at an elementary school in the Philippines. Somehow, that added to the […]
Sex-trafficking victims, prosecutors and state attorneys will be able to sue websites that host ads and content linked to the sex trade under the bill the House has just approved. The bill called “Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017” or FOSTA seeks to amend Section 230 of the 1996 […]
Uber is teaming up with a number of anti-human trafficking organizations to help drivers spot sexual slavery victims, or those who are being held captive or forced into labor against their will. To mark Human Trafficking Awareness Month, the ride-hailing giant is working with the Polaris Project, a nonprofit that works to combat modern-day slavery, […]
