Thursday, November 4, 2010

"Dirty Little Secret"

Today, Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher joined the UN Office on Drugs and Crime to speak out about the issue of online ex trafficking.  Women and children are traded for sex online.  Demi and Ashton called this a "dirty little secrect."  They are promoting an internet that is free of trafficking.  They set up a trust fund to support the cause that will be used to rebuild the lives of victims of this type of slavery.
-27 million victims forced into sex trafficking
-three quarters of the estimated 32 billion dollars for trafficking women and children takes place on the internet
I think that this is horrible and it comes to show that the internet can be a very dangerous place.  We talked in class about sex and people selling their virginity.  These people are essentially slaves that are being sold out against their will.  It is wrong on so many levels.  I think its great these celebrities are supporting a good cause and donating time and energy to a cause that is worthwhile. 
Moore, Kutcher campaign against modern-day slavery
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101104/en_afp/untraffickingmoorekutcherpeople

1 comment:

  1. Yeah, slavery through the internet, crazy! I mean we end slavery here and now it basically starts up again like the way it was ended before. Ending with the underground railroad, and beginning again underground, on the internet. Terrible.

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