Online and Technology-facilitated Trafficking in Human Beings
Internet, and information communication technology (ICT) more generally, play a major role in shaping our lives. The Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the extent to…
Housing in exchange for sex acts is Prostitution
“I think these ads are appearing on Craigslist as a way for men to use their power, their access to housing, as a way to exploit women’s economic desperation,” Grey said. “We’re in a housing crisis, women are in poverty.”
CMU Grad Builds Cybersleuthing Tool to Snare Sex Traffickers
Traffic Jam mines the ‘deep Web’ for information, clues The universal scope of Internet advertising makes it an ideal way to attract customers and lure…
Online Prostitution and Trafficking
The use of Internet technologies to traffic women and children to prostitution will be described in this article. This law review summarizes the history of online trafficking and the remarkably effective use of the Internet for advertising prostitution locally, regionally, and internationally beginning with the development of social networking sites, discussion forums, message boards and online chats.
Video: Online Attacks Against Opposition to Sexism and Sexual Exploitation
This 10-minute video describes Anita Sarkeesian’s experience with cybermobbing – a massive online hate campaign. She was targeted by large numbers of anonymous online attackers…
Protest Backpage.com with CATW and PRE, New York
These prostitution ads in Houston and Las Vegas were located on Backpage.com June 15, 2012. Although they appear to be written by the women, most…
Hotels Fight Sex Trade
About this article: Some years ago, End Child Prostitution and Trafficking (ECPAT), an international and domestic NGO that opposes the trafficking of children for commercial…
Protest Against Village Voice Media in New York, November 16, 2011
The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) in partnership with Prostitution Research and Education (PRE) held a successful protest in front of the Village Voice…
Best Practices for Online Classified Advertising without Sexual Exploitation
On the heels of the closure of Craigslist’s online trafficking – er, “adult services” – section of its classified ads, Fair Fund has released a…
Washington Post Rejects Massage Prostitution Advertising
The Post, long criticized for running massage-parlor ads, has decided it will no longer accept them. An internal note, e-mailed Tuesday to The Post’s advertising…
Protest on Craiglist Doorsteps in San Francisco to End “Adult Services” Section
On July 8, 2010, the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW), Prostitution Research and Education (PRE) plus more than 75 Co-Sponsors including Innocents at Risk,…
Filipinos Protest Craigslist for Adult Services
SAN FRANCISCO -Filipino community leaders joined dozens of people who protested in front of the Craigslist headquarters, calling on the popular website to close its…
Craigslist Facts
My first introduction to prostitution was arranged through Craigslist. I answered an ad for online modeling which turned out to be an agency recruiting for…
Protest at Craigslist San Francisco Headquarters
The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) in partnership with Prostitution Research and Education (PRE) and other co-sponsors held a protest in front of Craigslist…