Ascend Justice’s Post

In my article, I dive deep into how platforms like this perpetuate abuse through inadequate verification systems, stolen content, and incentivizing the normalization of violence and exploitation. It’s not just about sex on screen—it’s about the lack of protections for vulnerable workers and the failure to clamp down on trafficking, underage content, and coercion. Freedom to profit from your own likeness is a cornerstone of capitalism, but platforms like Pornhub profit from exploitation—ignoring consent, workers' rights, and human dignity. It’s time to demand accountability: safe working conditions, real verification, and protection against trafficking and abuse. All Medium Members, please read now: Clicks, Profit, and Suffering: Pornhub’s Real Legacy #HumanRights #Accountability #DigitalEthics #Exploitation

Meta is working to combat financial sextortion scams by removing fake accounts and sharing information with other tech companies. They also train law enforcement to identify these scams. #FinancialSextortion #StaySafeOnline

Angelina you are so right. As parents it’s so completely disempowering. But there is one thing we can do that abruptly stops criminals accessing our kids and that is taking away smartphones and replacing them with brick. In my view the good of social media is far outweighed by the negatives. Just think how much advice there is on how to “avoid” social media harms and “educate” ourselves and our children. It puts all the onus on parents and, even worse, children who are expected somehow to understand what they’re seeing it and report it. So how about we decide what works and just take smartphones out of the equation until children are mature enough to understand how to use and not be used by Big Tech and Ed Tech.

The combination of new technologies with ‘persistent misogyny and rape culture’ is a dangerous mix. If we want to prevent gender-based violence and aspire to safer and more equitable online environments, we need to address both the lack of guardrails that enable developments like ‘nudifying’ apps and change the underpinning attitudes and cultures that make engaging in this kind of abuse seem appealing and legitimate.

This! It's not that every social media product has to be dangerous for kids. It's that these companies still prioritize engagement over safety. They know the harms, and they know how to help prevent them without any moderation or censorship. Yet still they choose to addict and exploit by design because such abuses increase user engagement and user engagement increases their revenue and reach. These unchecked abuses also leave no room for competition. No room for ethical tech because cigarettes that are not addictive will never be able to compete with those that are. So ... until certain companies are forced to play by the same rules as every other designer, manufacturer, and distributor in the world, THEIR products ARE unsafe for kids. #NoMore #PassKOSA

🚫These issues continue to highlight why we focus time and effort around education of youth and families about safe, balanced tech use. 📱If you’re an organization interested in having us come out to present our Kids n Tech, or Teens n Tech to your families, let us know! 🙈During its investigation, the New Mexico Department of Justice uncovered a vast network of sites on the dark web focused on sharing stolen, non-consensual, sexual images from Snapchat, compiling what the lawsuit referred to as a “virtual yearbook of child exploitation.” #preventionhappenshere #tech #digitalcitizenship

At some point, someone in a tech company somewhere realized that there's a lot of money in letting criminals run free on their platforms. The only thing to get around to make this happen would be the eventual public outcry and legal risks (not concern for the victims of these criminals like a reasonable person would think). So they came up with a few arguments to use to justify what they are allowing, like: 'We are doing it best to prevent this, but stopping then would mean also infringing on your privacy. (You don't want that, do you?)" "The right to free speech: limiting them would mean having to limit everyone. (You don't want that either, do you?)" "We wish we could do more but the technology just isn't there. (No one will know the difference anyway.)" I'm so sick and tired of these excuses and the impacts these kind of attitudes are having! They are misleading and wrong, and the result is an incredible empowerment of people who harm and abuse children. Whether you, Meta, and those like you choose to admit it or not... Whether our current laws are able to catch you or not... You don't fool me. You are making yourselves a part of the crime - full stop. #responsibletech #stopchildabuse #thefutureisnow

The education guidance from UK Safer Internet Centre defines "sexting" as the sending or posting of nude or semi-nude images, videos, or live streams online by individuals under 18. This activity can occur on various platforms such as social media, gaming platforms, chat apps, and forums, or via offline sharing between devices. Young people may use terms like "dick pics" or "pics" to refer to such content. It's noted that the reasons for sharing such content are not always sexual or criminal. However, it's emphasised that adults sharing such material of under-18s constitutes child sexual abuse and must be reported to the police immediately. #OnlineSafety #ChildProtection #InternetSafety #UKCIS #ECPSafeguarding

Here's a great report by Amnesty International explaining how #surveillancecapitalism works, and why it is so damaging to human rights. I particularly like this report as it talks in terms of 'business model' - my kind of language! The Internet does need a new business model - but all you businesses that rely on Google and Facebook ads... How do you feel about this? (and are you aware that both are slowly and deliberately reducing the effectiveness of your ads - stage two of #enshittification?)

The negligence that stated here in this article is inexcusable. When much is given, much is expected. Zuckerberg‘s company needs to step up his game in order to detect grooming and trafficking scenarios and be diligent shutting down predators. To stop the grooming & trafficking in the USA, we must learn to protect our children. 🛡Sign up to become a Guardian 🛡Be a Superhero 🛡Protect your Children 🛡Solve the Problem #itstimetountraffickamerica www.untrafficked.org https://lnkd.in/dBp_TR57