“We commend New York Times writer Nicholas Kristof and U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) for exposing and fighting the plague of the sexual exploitation
of children on the internet,” said Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D.
In a December 4 story, Kristof focused on the pornography
distribution site Pornhub. Morse commented: “The writer noted that a search on the site for ‘girls under 18’ and ‘14yo’ each yielded more than 100,000
videos.”
She charged: “The Pornhub videos include the rape of children, as well as revenge pornography, strangulation, and other vile acts. The mega-site, which
attracts more than 3.5 billion visits a month, making it the 10th most-visited website in the world, does nothing to police its content.
It has no incentive to do so. Like other sex-traffickers, it monetizes the suffering of children.”
Along with Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), Hawley has filed the Survivors of Human Trafficking Fight Back Act,
creating a private cause of action for victims of rape and sex trafficking – as well as those whose intimate images are distributed without their consent
— to sue websites that profit from their suffering and degradation.
The act would allow victims to sue websites that knowingly depict forced sex acts, criminalize the knowing distribution of videos of coerced sex acts,
criminalize revenge porn, and require sites like Pornhub to create notice and takedown procedures.
“This is an issue that transcends liberal and conservative, left and right,” Morse said. “It’s about justice for the victims of child sex abuse and fighting
a plague that’s eating away at the soul of our society.”
The Ruth Institute is a global non-profit organization, leading an international interfaith coalition to defend
the family and build a civilization of love.
Jennifer Roback Morse is the author of The Sexual State: How Elite Ideologies Are Destroying Lives.
See also:
Ruth Inst: “Cuties” Proves Need for Presidential Debate on Family Issues
Virtue Signaling Without Virtue: porn industry brags about its voluntary shutdown over coronavirus
Melea Stephens “The Pornography Effect: The Problems Reach Further Than You Could Imagine”
Dr. Don Hilton “Can We Actually Lose Our Empathy? What Pornography Does to The Mind”
Melea Stephens “Everything you need to know about porn, dangers and side effects
Chris McKenna “Protecting Young Eyes”
To schedule an interview with Dr. Morse, contact info@ruthinstitute.org.
