The United States is the largest producer and purchaser of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). The Center for Missing and Exploited Children reports that in 2022 the CyberTipline received 32,059,029 reports: 31,901,234 apparent child sexual abuse material; 80,524 online enticement, including “sextortion”; 18,336 child sex trafficking and 12,906 child sexual molestation. In addition, there were […]
Read MoreWhat Impact will Artificial Intelligence have on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking?
The Internet Watch Foundation has uncovered what they describe as “a world of text-to-image technology. You type in what you want to see in online generators and the software generates the image.” Their first investigative report on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and child sexual abuse material (CSAM) was published in early 2023 and was entitled, ‘How […]
Read MoreGangs and their Involvement in Domestic Child Sex Trafficking
The United States is experiencing and unprecedented surge in gang activity. Unfortunately, the Department of Justice data regarding gangs and their criminal activity is sparse and dated. The most recent report published in 2011 entitled the, National Gang Threat Assessment, noted that gangs were responsible for “an average of 48% of violent crimes in the […]
Read MoreSound of Freedom
One week ago, on July 4th, a new movie hit the theaters called Sound of Freedom. This may be one of the first times that Sarah’s Home is encouraging our friends and supporters to watch a movie and to encourage others to see it, too. It isn’t a fun, entertaining movie, not your usual Summer […]
Read MoreFocus Our Lens – See the Boys: Male Survivors of DMST
Most of the information we read or hear about Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking (DMST) addresses female victims. In fact, Colorado Judge Robert Lung, a former member of the U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking and himself a survivor of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking, reported that 99% of federal dollars that were used for public education […]
Read MorePornography: The Poison We Are Ingesting
What internet sites have more viewers that Amazon, Netflix, YouTube and Twitter combined every month? Pornography.1 Do you know how many suspected online sex offenders the Internet Crimes Against Children task force (ICAC) arrested in one 2019 national sting operation? One thousand seven hundred.2 Do you know how many visits PornHub alone reported in 2018? […]
Read MoreOnline Safety
We live in an era of unimaginable access to the world through technology. Depending on how large your family is, you may be painfully aware of this as you run out of electrical outlets when everyone wants to charge their devices. Technology is wonderful when used to connect with family around the world, to shop […]
Read MoreWhat is Grooming
The word ‘grooming’ has been in the news a lot during the summer and fall as more children are returning to school in person, post-COVID. Why is that? What is grooming? How would a parent recognize it and what should they do if they suspect their child is being groomed? Grooming Defined All of us […]
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