Despite widespread community concern and calls to cancel their latest Playboy-themed party, Falvey’s Hotel Yamanto has refused to take responsibility.

Instead of engaging with legitimate concerns, they responded by deleting comments, blocking critics, and posting inflammatory messages ridiculing community members - calling them “woke, miserable Karens” and saying “F**k you” to concerned locals.

This Easter, Falvey’s Hotel Yamanto has decided that the best way to entertain its patrons is with a Playboy themed event—glossing over the reality of sexual exploitation and packaging it as “fun.”

It’s been a huge week for Collective Shout, with team members MTR, Caitlin, Coralie and Renee going to Washington, DC for the annual Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Global Summit. This year’s event focused on emerging technologies and the intersections with sexual exploitation. We share some our the highlights below.

Could Artificial Intelligence be the means of preventing sexual exploitation?

A BBC article reporting on new AI sex dolls in a German cyber brothel quoted the co-founder of an agency behind one of the first AI influencers who argued that AI could mitigate ethical concerns and prevent the sexual exploitation of individuals. 

On a thread on X (formerly Twitter), our Campaigns Manager Caitlin Roper responded to this claim.

“Imagine my shock when I discovered my own ten-year-old daughter was unknowingly profiting from the sexual degradation of other women”

By Sarah St. Onge

Guest post by Caroline Pugh-Roberts

By Dr Caroline Norma