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On today's episode of "Internet Safety with Donna Rice Hughes"-- Donna is joined byLina Nealon, Vice President and Director of Corporate Advocacy for the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE). They discuss Big Tech’s role in facilitating sexual exploitation and break down NCOSE’s “Dirty Dozen” campaign which calls out platforms like Snapchat, Spotify and Roblox for their inadequate safety measures to protect kids and teens. They also examine key legislative efforts, highlighting bipartisan support for reform to hold tech companies accountable.
Lina spotlights the following:
- A new report describes Roblox, whose largest demographic is comprised of children ages 12 and under, as "a pedophile hellscape for kids." It uncovers chatrooms used to trade child sexual abuse material and games titled “Survive Diddy” or “Escape to Epstein Island,” as well as sexual simulator games. Referring to Roblox as "simulated sex parties," Lina notes Roblox refuses to put on safety controls by default! (View EIE's "Quick Guide to Online Gaming)
- Spotify's "parental control" tools are deceptive and not effective for blocking forms of sexual abuse and exploitation.
- The psychological and emotional impacts of images created through "nudify" apps and "deepfake" pornography are the same as being abused physically.
- Microsoft's GitHub was identified as the global hub for creating sexually exploitative AI technology. The vast majority of deepfakes, “nudify” apps, and AI-generated child sex abuse content originate on the platform - one lab accounted for 95% of deepfakes in the world!
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