Collective Shout at Global Summit to End Sexual Exploitation in Washington DC
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.
“A tool to sexually exploit women and children”: Why AI will not prevent abuse
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.
Technology and the sexual exploitation of women: Our submission to the UN
Call for input on the use of technology in facilitating and preventing contemporary forms of slavery
In our submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and its consequences (April 2022) we presented evidence of modern technology being used to recruit and subject people to contemporary forms of slavery in Australia.
Sex abuse survivor condemns Lutheran company’s strip club investments and shuts daughter’s account
“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
Read more"I was trafficked because men buy sex": survivor Caroline shares her experience for human trafficking awareness month
Guest post by Caroline Pugh-Roberts
Read moreQueensland wants to deregulate the sex industry because it's cheaper, not because it's 'safer'
By Dr Caroline Norma
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