Imagine your teenage son goes upstairs to do homework — and just hours later, you discover he has taken his own life. For <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/02/25/teenage-boys-mental-health-suicide-sextortion-scams/78258882007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">too many families</a>, this nightmare is a grim reality, the result of a rapidly growing and devastating crime known as sextortion. 
Sextortion is a powerful form of exploitation where predators trick and coerce victims, often young boys, into sending explicit images online. The exploiters often pose as teen girls and reach out with flirtatious messages. This is no haphazard operation, research has found that thousands of Instagram accounts perpetrating sextortion were linked to <a href="https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/meta-takes-down-63k-instagram-accounts-5700-facebook-groups-1300-facebook-accounts-linked-1725744" target="_blank" rel="noopener">only 20-25 individuals</a> — in other words, this is often an organized criminal activity, something no teenager is prepared to go up against. They are trained and skilled at building trust quickly, shifting the conversation to sexual topics and eventually sending pictures or videos and requesting some in return.
In mere minutes, the blackmail begins. Predators threaten to expose the victim’s nude photos to their contacts or social media connections unless they pay a demanded sum — fueling fear, shame, and deterring them from seeking help. To heighten the pressure, some blackmailers may falsely accuse teens of criminal activity, warning that they could end up on sex offender registries.
For some, the shame and fear of being exposed are so overwhelming that they see no way out, leading to tragic actions like suicide within mere hours of being targeted.
Sextortion has been connected to dozens of deaths of teen boys by suicide in <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/sacramento/news/sextortion-a-growing-threat-preying-upon-our-nations-teens#:~:text=The%20sextortion%20involved%20at%20least,the%20activity%20to%20law%20enforcement." target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent</a> years. Tragically, these numbers are likely underreported as family members may not know the circumstance that led to a loved one’s death by suicide.
There are an average of 812 reports of sextortion <a href="https://www.thorn.org/research/library/financial-sextortion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per week</a>, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
This crisis demands immediate attention and action.
For too long, online platforms have failed to prioritize safety. Take Snapchat, for example. New Mexico’s attorney general recently brought a lawsuit against Snapchat. According to a report from <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/new-mexico-attorney-general-says-internal-snap-documents-show-company-rcna173486" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC News</a>, documents from the lawsuit reveal “‘Snap employees were discussing 10,000 user reports of sextortion each month,’ which is most likely ‘a small fraction of this abuse.’”
“In addition, the suit alleges internal documents show that reports of grooming and sextortion made about specific users largely went unanswered or unaddressed,” according to NBC NEWS.
Meta’s Instagram appears to be the <a href="https://info.thorn.org/hubfs/Research/Thorn_TrendsInFinancialSextortion_June2024.pdf?sm_guid=NzcxOTIyfDc4MzA5NjAxfC0xfGNlc2VAbmNvc2UuY29tfDcyMDIwMTJ8fDB8MHwyMjU0MzA0NTd8MTEzMnwwfDB8fDc2NjM5Nnww0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#1 platform for sextortion</a>. One key reason is the availability of follower lists, which predators can leverage against victims. While the platform has <a href="https://about.fb.com/news/2024/04/new-tools-to-help-protect-against-sextortion-and-intimate-image-abuse/">taken steps</a> to identify and protect kids from sextortion, there’s still more they can do to prioritize the safety of minors.
According to <a href="https://www.thorn.org/research/library/financial-sextortion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a report</a> from Thorn titled “Trends in Financial Sextortion,” online payments are another avenue for exploitation. “The most common payment methods were Cash App and gift cards, followed by other easy-use payment apps such as PayPal and Venmo. The dominance of gift cards and Cash App has slightly increased over time relative to other payment services.”
With Cash App ranking as the <a href="https://info.thorn.org/hubfs/Research/Thorn_TrendsInFinancialSextortion_June2024.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#1 payment method</a> for financial sextortion, there is valid concern over many of their default features like public profiles and limited identity verification. These vulnerabilities could expose younger users to predatory behavior.
It is time to require a higher standard of care from online platforms.
One vital step to combat sextortion and image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) is the “Take It Down Act,” a bipartisan bill sponsored by Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN). This legislation has already gained significant momentum, passing unanimously in the Senate. Now, it is time for the House to act and make this bill law.
The “Take It Down Act” is a bold step toward creating meaningful protections for sextortion victims and victims of nonconsensually-shared explicit content. It addresses the crisis in two key ways, first, by mandating quick removal of harmful content, and then by criminalizing image-based abuse. Under the &#8220;Take It Down Act,&#8221; social media platforms and websites would be legally required to remove explicit images within 48 hours of a survivor’s request. These platforms must also make efforts to prevent the images&#8217; reappearance, reducing the cycle of trauma for victims. This bill also makes it a federal crime to publish explicit images of a person without their consent, including AI-generated or “deepfake” content. This brings critical accountability to perpetrators who weaponize private imagery.
By passing this legislation, Congress can empower victims to regain control while ensuring that perpetrators face appropriate consequences for their actions.
For young boys targeted by sextortion, the bill’s immediate removal mandate could mean the difference between life and death, offering assurance that exposure is not inevitable and their situation is not hopeless.
If you are a parent or guardian, use this article as a reason to talk with your kids now about this threat online — before they ever find themselves in a dangerous situation. It’s natural to react with fear or anger if a child makes an unsafe choice, but we never know what difference maintaining an open dialogue can make.
Sextortion is a profoundly isolating crime — but no victim or family needs to face it alone. If explicit images have already been shared, resources are available. &#8220;Take It Down,&#8221; a free service from the National Center for Missing &amp; Exploited Children, helps remove nude, partially nude, or sexually explicit images taken before the age of 18. Visit <a href="https://takeitdown.ncmec.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">takeitdown.ncmec.org</a> for more information. The Cyber Civil Rights Initiative also offers critical support and resources for those affected. 
Congress can and must pass the “Take it Down Act,” helping to give every child the safety they deserve and ensuring no life is stolen by this devastating fraud.
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Haley McNamara is the Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and Programs at the <a href="http://www.endsexualexploitation.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Center on Sexual Exploitation</a>, the leading national non-partisan organization exposing the links between all forms of sexual exploitation such as child sexual abuse, prostitution, sex trafficking and the public health harms of pornography. On X: @NCOSE
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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Sextortion Is A Rising Crisis Linked To Teen Suicide, Action Cannot Wait

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According to reporting by Chris Rufo and Hannah Grossman at City Journal, employees of the National Security Agency and other Intelligence agencies have been gathering on a work-related chatroom to discuss their transgender surgeries and kinky sex preferences.
Now I don’t know about you, but I’m thinking: Wow! That’s a relief! Here I was worried about the growing threat from China, an imperialist genocidal slave state that’s not only outstripping our military in preparation to destroy us at war, but has already infiltrated our society through congress, universities, corporations, Hollywood, and the news media in order to influence our politics, steal our technology and silence critics of their evil regime.
But why worry? The brave men and women of our Intelligence Community have been on the job — along with the brave men in our Intelligence Community who think they&#8217;re brave women and the brave women who identify as brave men, and the brave non-binaries who identify as brave lesbians so they can have sex with other brave lesbians because essentially they’re really just brave men who happen to want to wear glittery mascara for some reason — but anyway the point is that all these brave mentally ill perverts of the Intelligence Community are hard at work responding to the insidious Chinese penetration of our society by going on a chat site to discuss how to turn their penises into fake vaginas so they can enjoy some insidious penetration as well.
So sure, it is true that the Chinese Navy is growing by leaps and bounds while our Navy dwindles to nothing and that one Chinese shipyard can produce more vessels than all American shipyards combined, but at least we can feel confident that somewhere, an NSA employee is online chatting about how cool Xi Jinping is because he is called “she” and so is he… called she… if you see what I mean.
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And okay, American news outlets like CBS, NBC, ABC and CNN are likely suppressing critical information about China because they’re all owned by entertainment conglomerates that have already proven themselves willing to crawl through the dirt like spineless centipedes to protect their profits by censoring content at the behest of Chinese tyrants. But at least our American Intelligence agents are sharing critical information like how to create an SM dungeon in your own basement so Chinese political dissidents won&#8217;t be the only ones to enjoy getting tortured.
And yes, Xi Jinping has declared that his international enemies will: “Have their heads bashed bloody against a Great Wall of steel forged by over 1.4 billion Chinese People.” But those who guard our nation secretly have answered that declaration by themselves declaring that if you take enough estrogen to grow breasts, you can stay home and fondle yourself and cut out the middle man.
Don’t get me wrong. The Intelligence Community has been shown to spy on Americans’ private phone and email communications, so I wouldn’t want to insult any of them by calling them a bunch of delusion-riddled deviants who would be more usefully employed shuffling up and down the hall of a secure psych ward with their bleached asses hanging out the back of their half-open hospital gowns, than being tasked with anything as urgent as foiling the Chinese in their long term plan to exterminate American freedom as they’ve exterminated Uigurs, Tibetans, Christians and the Falun Gong. And given the power of Chinese-influencers to destroy my career, my reputation and my life by mobilizing the American politicians and corporations that have sold their souls to this hostile foreign power for a few pocketsful of gold, I would never ever want to suggest that the bizarre proliferation of delusion-riddled deviants in our Intelligence Community is in any way connected to Chinese operations like TikTok, where millions of American young people are unwittingly guided to videos encouraging them to become delusion-riddled deviants like the useless clowns at the NSA.
So if I’ve offended the Intelligence Community or the transgender community or our dear friends the Chinese, I just want to say I’m han han han han so sorry because it’s han han han han han so important that all of us can be free to be ourselves until none of us is free at all.
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This excerpt is taken from the opening satirical monologue of “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-andrew-klavan-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Andrew Klavan Show</a>.”
Andrew Klavan is the host of “The Andrew Klavan Show” at The Daily Wire. He is the bestselling author of the Cameron Winter Mystery series. The fourth installment, “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1613165536?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_thcv_3&amp;storeType=ebooks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A WOMAN UNDERGROUND</a>,” is now available. Follow him on X: @andrewklavan
The views expressed in this satirical article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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The fight to keep sexually explicit books away from children is not just being fought in big liberal cities.
Even in deep red Alabama, there is resistance to removing books such as the sexually explicit LGBT-themed book “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” in which there are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-time-to-unite-against-the-real-enemy">graphic descriptions</a> of anal rape and incest. It&#8217;s the book that Louisiana Senator John Kennedy read aloud during a Senate committee hearing last year, shocking all in attendance.  The book <a href="https://defendinged.org/incidents/concern-raised-over-sexually-explicit-book-in-olathekansas-seventh-grade-classroom/">graphically describes</a> sexual activities and includes lines like, &#8220;He didn’t know I was a virgin, and I did my best to act dominant like my favorite porn star,&#8221; and, &#8220;He reached his hand down and pulled out my d**k. He quickly went to giving me head.&#8221;
But just last month, an effort from concerned residents in one small Alabama community asking for the book to be moved to the adult section of their local library was denied. Under current guidelines, parents can complain about a book, but a committee appointed by the library director decides the fate of the book. The committee in charge of reviewing &#8220;All Boys Aren&#8217;t Blue&#8221; in Huntsville-Madison County unanimously ruled that it should stay in the library’s young adult section. 
Cindy Hewitt, the executive director of the Huntsville-Madison Library, told one concerned resident on May 28 that the committee found that though the content in the book is “frank and open” it is “relevant to the author’s history,” according to a letter obtained by The Daily Wire. According to Hewitt, the committee found that it would be a “disservice to remove it from the collection as it would neglect to consider the real-world issues of sex and sexual abuse that some teenagers may already be experiencing.” 
A new policy set to go into effect next month, however, could create a new calculus for local libraries. After July 15, funding for state libraries will be tied to removing sexually explicit and graphic books from the children’s sections of public libraries.
Under the new rules, libraries will be required to come up with a “selection criteria for minors and how they are safeguarded from sexually explicit or other material deemed inappropriate for children or youth.”
The policies also stipulate that libraries will need to have provisions in place to move books that have been deemed sexually explicit or inappropriate for children. The amended rules say that libraries shall “approve written guidelines that ensure library sections designated for minors under the age of 18 remain free of material containing obscenity, sexually explicit or other material deemed inappropriate for children or youth.”
Another rule would create guidelines for library cards handed out to minors, including that parents need to give approval and that the cards can’t be used to check out books from the adult section of the library. This would give parents, like the ones attempting to have &#8220;All Boys Aren&#8217;t Blue&#8221; moved from the young adult shelves of the Huntsville-Madison County Library, a new avenue to have their complaints addressed.
John Wahl, the chair of the Alabama Republican Party and a member of the Alabama Public Library System, told The Daily Wire that he fully expects the policies to go into place.
”Once these go into effect on July 15, Alabama will have some of the strongest regulations in the country to make sure children are protected,” Wahl told The Daily Wire. “It is time that we protect children from social engineering and from materials that really are not appropriate for them.” 
He added that parents had come before the APLS board to tell them about sexually explicit books their kids had found at local libraries. He said that the people of Alabama “want the libraries to be cleaned up” and that taxpayer dollars should not go to purchase explicit books aimed at children. 
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Media and leftist activists have attempted to portray the pending rule as a &#8220;book ban,&#8221; but backers say its a misrepresentation.
“No one is about banning books. We’re not trying to ban anything. We are trying to definitely protect children though,” APLS board member Amy Minton told The Daily Wire. “Why do we have these books in our public libraries that encourage the discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity when it&#8217;s against the current law of Alabama?”
She added that the vast majority of public comments sent in related to the policies were in support. 
According to Elizabeth Stewart, an organizer with the conservative group Moms for Liberty and resident of Athens, Alabama, a large part of the push for children’s books with graphic material is coming from the American Library Association, which wants to expose children to “various forms of sexual activity.”
The American Library Association is run by a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marxist-lesbian-president-of-american-library-association-doubles-down-on-agenda-for-a-better-world">self-described</a> “lesbian Marxist” and has vigorously protested any effort to shield children from graphic materials while pushing leftist ideology. 
”Everytime we make a choice to put something in, we are simultaneously making a choice to not put something in,” Stewart said. “And so it does make a difference — there’s not an endless space in each library to put everything which is why age appropriate curriculum material selection policy has to be written well.” 
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Library boards will play an important part in developing policies that will be in accordance with the new APLS guidelines.
Stewart told The Daily Wire that it is important for local citizens to take responsibility for their own communities. That’s why she’s been pushing for clarity on the makeup of her own Athens-Limestone County Public Library board, which has been embroiled in controversy the last several months over its policies on sexually-themed books and board appointments. 
The controversy began when longtime librarian and mother Carissa Callan was alarmed by a posted policy that said the library was supposed to supply books on sex “that reflect changing attitudes and departures from traditional mores.” As a resident of Limestone County, Callan applied for a spot on the board, as the library&#8217;s publicly posted policies said three board appointments were given to the city and two to the county.
After being denied an application on the board, Callan and Stewart discovered that the library board was completely controlled by the city, contradicting posted policy. They launched<a href="https://www.givesendgo.com/GCNDW?utm_source=sharelink&amp;utm_medium=copy_link&amp;utm_campaign=GCNDW&amp;fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1yvPwZvckg2N3aDGec24sv2Z8pSZA3bxWi2Hz3nZihyAkeD8MhRXFCjbg_aem_AQQ4shsxi0nN9_WkzwyuPOhMe5l0DbnVt3ryOkB_hMVmr9YdfPHQt6bpuFTsAV0FKt275ydQ0iXEn-lJmOgxIiw-"> an effort</a> to hire outside legal counsel to get county residents a guaranteed spot on the board. 
“County citizens have continued paying as if it&#8217;s a joint board since 2009 but without representation,” a GiveSendGo <a href="https://www.givesendgo.com/GCNDW?utm_source=sharelink&amp;utm_medium=copy_link&amp;utm_campaign=GCNDW&amp;fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1yvPwZvckg2N3aDGec24sv2Z8pSZA3bxWi2Hz3nZihyAkeD8MhRXFCjbg_aem_AQQ4shsxi0nN9_WkzwyuPOhMe5l0DbnVt3ryOkB_hMVmr9YdfPHQt6bpuFTsAV0FKt275ydQ0iXEn-lJmOgxIiw-">organized</a> by &#8220;Limestone County Citizens&#8221; to raise funds for a constitutional lawyer says. “County residents are seeking legal answers to public policy being incorrect for 15 years.”
The city makes up just about 26% of Limestone’s population of around 110,000. The library’s total expected revenue for fiscal year 2024 came to around $628,600. This funding came from multiple sources, including the county and the state, totaling around $224,244, according to records viewed by The Daily Wire. 
Stewart said that county citizens were effectively getting taxed twice for something they did not have a voice on. 
“The county citizens are getting hit twice. They’re paying their local county commission for no representations,” Stewart told The Daily Wire. “The state of Alabama has been funding this library for 15 years under documentation and legal bylaws stating that it has remained a joint library effort and a joint board.” 
The city of Athens told The Daily Wire that the incorrect information about the board appointment on the website appeared to be the result of “human error,” and that it had been removed from the website “weeks ago.” 
The library’s <a href="https://www.alcpl.org/using-the-library/library-policies/">current page</a> on policies says it is “under construction,” and current policies on board membership cannot be found online. However, the library’s updated policies from this May are available upon request from the library, and were obtained by The Daily Wire. 
That policy no longer contains the requirement for books &#8220;that reflect changing attitudes and departures from traditional mores,&#8221; but now stipulates that the library board is all appointed by the city. Limestone residents still have questions about why the county provides funding without getting to make any board appointments. 
The Limestone County Commission <a href="https://www.enewscourier.com/news/commission-approves-update-to-library-board/article_8ebaca96-2297-11ef-82e9-df2c6fe9f708.html">voted</a> last week to approve a resolution that expresses a goal of forming a joint-library board again with at least two county representatives. The resolution would require an agreement to be reached by October 1. The exact details appear to still be up in the air and county residents remain unconvinced that the board will be changed. 
A spokeswoman for Athens said that the “city and the county are exploring modifications so that the board contains appointments from both the city and county,” adding that “when/if those changes are made, the library policy will also be changed.”
None of the members of the Limestone County Commission responded to Daily Wire requests for comment. 
Limestone residents also believe that there should be an independent review of the board regardless of whether the county is given any seats on the board or not. Wahl agrees, saying that there should be an independent review from outside to ensure that a fair resolution is found. 
Stewart said that there needs to be a legitimate board in place in Athens before they can develop a policy on sexually explicit books in accordance with the APLS. Regardless, the Athens-Limestone Library will need to submit its policy by October if the new guidelines take effect in July.

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Explicit sexual content on television shows is so common it’s not even shocking anymore. Instead, the more surprising move is to make a popular series with attractive young actors and then choose not to show them all hooking up with each other.
This isn’t necessarily what the creator of the Emmy-winning series “The Bear” set out to do. But in crafting a narrative that’s free from blatant sexual promiscuity, the showrunner proved that even if sex sells, a series doesn’t need sex to sell. It just needs to tell a good story.
“The Bear” is a comedy-drama television series created by Christopher Storer. The Hulu series debuted on June 23, 2022, with actor Jeremy Allen White starring as an award-winning chef who returns to his hometown of Chicago to manage his family restaurant after his older brother committed suicide. The restaurant is filled with colorful characters and family members, each with their own idiosyncrasies and unique personalities. 
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A lot of drama went down in two seasons, but except for a very brief, extremely tame (comparatively speaking) moment in the second season, “The Bear” has no sexual content whatsoever.
Every episode is rated TV-MA for explicit language, of which there is plenty. This fits in well with the storyline, though, as it accurately represents what goes on in real restaurant kitchens across the nation. Many members of the restaurant industry complained that the show is so true to life that it’s impossible to watch.
But there’s no sex. That absence was enough to make mainstream media writers notice, with many outlets noting of the first season that “The Bear” was even sexier because it didn’t have any sex in it.
“The Hottest Show of the Summer Has No Sex,” one <a href="https://www.thecut.com/2022/07/the-bear-television-no-sex-yes-chef.html">headline</a> from 2022 declared.
“‘The Bear’ is largely devoid of romance in any sense of the word, and the only moments of real pleasure come from food: making it, eating it, selling it, having enough money to make more of it,” the writer from The Cut” explains. “The show’s most poignant and vulnerable scenes happen between family or friends, not romantic partners.”
The article goes on to mention how there’s obvious sexual tension between the show’s two main characters, Carmy (White) and Syd (Ayo Edebiri), but the two chefs never act on it or even seem to acknowledge it. The writer observes how this complete lack of follow-through is precisely what makes the show alluring.
Though no mainstream writer would admit it, what they’ve stumbled upon is the idea that subtlety is more attractive than explicit sexual imagery. A woman wearing a turtleneck sweater can – and does – look sexier than that same woman in a skimpy bikini top.
This isn’t to say that the restaurant employees aren’t having sex on the show. Maybe they are doing it, somewhere off-camera. But the point of “The Bear” is to tell the story of a close-knit group of friends and family who, despite their dysfunction, are coming together to build something exceptional. This storyline doesn’t need nudity and gratuitous sex to be told well. And because it doesn’t have those things, “The Bear” stands out from other shows in the same sphere.
Because it is 2024, there is one single intimate scene in the show’s second season. But once again, considering the show is rated TV-MA, the brief interlude is incredibly tame when compared to so many others. Carmy and his girlfriend are seen in bed but there’s no nudity or other indicators of sexual activity.
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This method of storytelling once again proves that explicit sex is far less sexy than subtlety and innuendo.
One reviewer called the absence of pornographic content “ingenious.” The Mamamia writer compared “The Bear” to HBO’s drama series “The Idol” starring The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp, the latter of which made headlines for having such graphic sex scenes.
“In an age where watching sex — or rather, porn — is available at the tap of a finger, it almost feels like a daring choice to exclude intimacy scenes from ‘The Bear,’” Shannen Findlay <a href="https://www.mamamia.com.au/the-bear-sex-scenes/">wrote</a>.
“‘The Idol’ was intent on telling us something through lewd and violent intimacy. Unlike ‘The Bear,’ it uses raunchy, debaucherous sex instead of a good plot to tell the story,” she added. “But in a world where sex is so visible and easy to access, why do we have to keep enduring simulated intercourse between actors? Why is the inclusion of sex beginning to feel like a drawback when choosing or watching a show?”
It’s worth mentioning that “The Bear” was renewed for a third season after receiving widespread critical acclaim for its writing, directing, acting, and production values.
The first season received ten Emmy Awards including Outstanding Comedy Series and individual wins for White, Edebiri, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach. It also won four Golden Globe Awards including the top prize for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy in 2024.
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“The Idol” was panned by critics, mocked by viewers, and canceled after just one season.
It’s because “The Bear” is telling a more vital story than one about empty sex. Season 2 episodes “Fishes” and “Forks” were two of the most moving, emotionally fraught episodes of television to come out in recent years. Neither one contains sex. But both have incredible depth.
There’s a very good chance that Hollywood show creators will learn nothing from this phenomenon. Despite “The Bear” proving definitively that entertainment doesn’t need sex, nudity, promiscuity, and other sexual content to win awards and attract fans, there’s a good chance that showrunners will continue jamming sex scenes into content even when it’s not needed.
There’s also a chance that “The Bear” will add more sex into their third season, following the trend of so many shows that came before.
Hopefully this refreshingly different drama series will hold out and continue being the sexiest sex-free show on television.

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American UFC fighter Holly Holm denounced the sexualization of children during her women&#8217;s bantamweight victory speech on Saturday night at UFC on ESPN 43.
Holm, 41, a former women&#8217;s bantamweight champion, defeated Yana Santos via unanimous decision in the co-main event at AT&amp;T Center in San Antonio, marking her first win since 2020. Following her victory, Holm drew attention to the ongoing sexualization of children, calling for her fans to &#8220;protect the children.&#8221;
&#8220;Something&#8217;s been on my heart, and I feel like I have the platform to say it,&#8221; Holm told the crowded AT&amp;T Center. &#8220;I just feel it&#8217;s really sad all the sexualization of our children right now, and we need to protect them, whatever that may be.&#8221;
&#8220;Let&#8217;s protect the children, please!&#8221; she added.
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Holm, a southpaw from Sandia Heights in Albuquerque who calls herself &#8220;The Preacher&#8217;s Daughter,&#8221; further explained in a post-fight press conference to reporters that calling to end the sexualization of children should not be a partisan issue.
&#8220;You know, there&#8217;s a lot of things, I don&#8217;t ever want to be — I&#8217;m not even a real political person,&#8221; Holm said. &#8220;But there&#8217;s also just right and wrong. I feel like everybody should be on the same side on that. I don&#8217;t feel like that has anything to do with left side, right side, or anything like that. I feel like everybody should be wanting to protect their children.&#8221;
The mixed-martial artist said she used her platform to speak out against the issue &#8220;to get everybody together to protect children.&#8221;
&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of child trafficking,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I mean, that&#8217;s like the extreme part. There&#8217;s a lot of levels to it. You see it almost being more accepted, and I think that&#8217;s really sad. I feel like we should all do what we can. A lot of people don&#8217;t know what to do.&#8221;
&#8220;It affects people in their long-term life too. I have friends that are adults, and their biggest – that kinda is a shadow, kind of that dark space for them – is being sexualized when they were young,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I feel like it&#8217;s almost getting accepted.&#8221;
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Holly Holm explains why she used the platform of her <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFCSanAntonio?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UFCSanAntonio</a> post-fight interview to speak out about the sexualization of children.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFCSanAntonio?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UFCSanAntonio</a> | Full video: <a href="https://t.co/f3wyzrR4if">https://t.co/f3wyzrR4if</a> <a href="https://t.co/98tnbG96TL">pic.twitter.com/98tnbG96TL</a>
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According to <a href="https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/35950282/ufc-fight-night-takeaways-cory-sandhagen-holly-holm-emphatically-keep-their-names-title-picture">ESPN</a>, Holm dominated Santos for all three rounds of the fight, where she landed four takedowns and maintained control in the Octagon. UFC officials called the battle for Holm in a lopsided unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27).
Lenny Fresquez, promoter for Holm, told the <a href="https://www.abqjournal.com/2583819/holm-41-commits-to-six-more-ufc-fights.html">Albuquerque Journal</a> that Saturday&#8217;s fight launched the first of six under a renewal contract with the UFC.
&#8220;Her mission is to get that gold,&#8221; Fresquez said. &#8220;She&#8217;s one or two fights away from it.&#8221;
Holm, who last fought in 2022, told the outlet she would continue fighting for another shot at the title.
Holm shocked the MMA world when she first captured the bantamweight title in November 2015 after she knocked out an undefeated Ronda Rousey.

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A New Jersey mom is suing her local police chief and high-ranking officials at a nearby Air Force Base, alleging they targeted her and portrayed her as a security threat after she spoke out about the sexually graphic material on display in an elementary school.
Angela Reading, who was once the state&#8217;s Student Teacher of the Year and is now a law student at Villanova, is represented by the Thomas More Society in her <a href="https://s4f4x7d5.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Filed-Complaint.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit against a total of nine people</a> in connection with an incident that occurred last November. The mother of daughters aged 6 and 7, who was at the time vice president of the county Board of Education, attended “Math Night” at Upper Elementary School where she was stunned to see posters made by children that used sexual terms, including “polysexual,” “pansexual,” and “genderqueer.”
“Why are elementary schools promoting/allowing elementary KIDS to research sexuality and create posters?” Reading wondered on Facebook. “This is not in the state elementary standards (law) nor in the BOE-approved curriculum. It’s perverse and should be illegal to expose my kids to sexual content.”
After one of her daughters asked Reading what “polysexual” meant, Reading contacted a parent of one of the children who created the posters, a school board member, and the schools superintendent, who all dismissed her concerns.
Reading&#8217;s Facebook post caught the attention of U.S. Army Reserve Major Christopher Schilling, who was attached to the nearby Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. According to Reading&#8217;s lawsuit, Schilling emailed parents and local school staff members, and even sought to involve personnel at the base in an attempt to censor and retaliate against Reading.
Schilling sent a message “falsely alleging that Mrs. Reading’s protected speech violated the School Ethics Act and school district policy, even though her Facebook post clearly stated that she was merely expressing her own opinion on social media, which policy expressly permits,” the lawsuit states.
School Superintendent Helen Payne sent a “letter to the community” saying Reading’s actions had “resulted in both general and specific threats against the District and its personnel” despite the fact that no such “specific threats” had been made, according to the lawsuit.
Robert Duff, chief of police for North Hanover Township, allegedly pressured the Facebook group administrator to remove Reading’s post, claiming &#8220;students could die&#8221; if it remained up, the lawsuit claims. Duff allegedly later told Reading he had received emails from the Joint Base calling her an “extremist” but insisted to Reading that the emails were “classified,” which the lawsuit states is false. The chief is also accused of improperly accessing school surveillance footage to try to prove Reading’s children had not seen the posters.
Reading alleges the efforts led to her being verbally abused at a December Board of Education meeting and spiraling problems for her and her family. She resigned from her school board post and from positions in the New Jersey School Boards Association and her husband resigned as president of the North Hanover Township School Board.
“My entire life has been uprooted,” Reading told <a href="https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2023/march/nj-mom-treated-like-a-terrorist-threat-demonized-for-questioning-sexual-posters-in-elementary-school?utm_source=wnd&amp;utm_medium=wnd&amp;utm_campaign=syndicated" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBN News</a>. “When all of this was taking place, I&#8217;m in law school and I had to stop going to school, not take my exams, which plummeted my GPA. I had to pull my kids from school during that time period for their safely. And now I don&#8217;t feel safe for them even going back to that school given how so many members of the community and the superintendent participated in this cancellation and betrayal of me as a security threat.”
Reading&#8217;s lawyers deny that her Facebook post violated the law or the platform&#8217;s terms of use, and note that she did not name any individuals at the school and even took care to black out the name of a student artist.
&#8220;Mrs. Reading’s post respectfully expressed her concerns, but it did not call for any person to take any form of action or make a response,&#8221; the lawsuit states.
In addition to Schilling, Duff, and Payne, the lawsuit names other officials at the military base who Reading claims falsely told media outlets that Schilling acted alone
“The Joint Base further falsely claimed to the media that Defendant Schilling was acting alone when in fact, he had acted with the other Joint Base Actors under the respective authority of their Joint Base Superiors,” the lawsuit claims.
Reading said the incident has left her and her family pariahs in their own town.
“There are damages far outreaching that will follow me throughout my entire life,” she said. “I don&#8217;t even feel comfortable and safe going out in my community the way that they portrayed me. I&#8217;ve lost friends that don&#8217;t talk to me who actually believed the things that were being said.”

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A popular video game livestreamer issued an apology after he allegedly paid for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/artificial-intelligence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AI-generated</a> pornography of fellow internet personalities.
Brandon Ewing, who goes by the screen name Atrioc, posted a tearful <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1723055801" target="_blank" rel="noopener">apology video</a> to his Twitch channel in which he admitted to paying for AI-generated &#8220;deepfake porn&#8221; of fellow streamers Pokimane, QTCinderella, Sweet Anita, and Maya Higa. &#8220;Deepfakes&#8221; have been around for several years now: AI software has also come under fire for generating sexualized images of women, among other illicit material.
The controversy began on Monday, when Atrioc inadvertently opened his browser window; one of the tabs in the browser had nude pictures of female Twitch streamers on it.
In his apology video, Atrioc said he was reading information and learning about artificial intelligence online. He then admitted that he was browsing on PornHub, when he saw an ad for the site and clicked on it. The site was subscription-based, and he paid the subscription in order to access the site. “I got morbidly curious and I clicked something,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It’s gross and I’m sorry&#8230; It’s so embarrassing.” He added that his actions were not a &#8220;pattern of behavior.&#8221;
The streamers whose fake images were posted to the site were incensed at being sexualized online.
&#8220;This story was how I found out that I&#8217;m on this website,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/sweetanita/status/1620143205282103297" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sweet Anita</a> tweeted. &#8220;I literally choose to pass up millions by not going into sex work and some random cheeto encrusted porn addict solicits my body without my consent instead. Don&#8217;t know whether to cry, break stuff or laugh at this point.&#8221;
&#8220;[S]top sexualizing people without their consent,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/pokimanelol/status/1620492032623136768?s=20&amp;t=JBCwj-lTgbsQF_KciGlgog" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pokimane</a> added. &#8220;[T]hat’s it, that’s the tweet.&#8221;
&#8220;I want to scream,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/qtcinderella/status/1620142227250094080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1620142227250094080%7Ctwgr%5Ef50cfed32485d1ebc1cea2b310d534c412b88d42%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dexerto.com%2Fentertainment%2Fqtcinderella-sweet-anita-respond-after-atrioc-streamer-deepfake-drama-2047529%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener">QTCinderella</a> wrote on Twitter. &#8220;Stop. Everybody f***ing stop. Stop spreading it. Stop advertising it. Stop. Being seen ‘naked’ against your will should NOT BE A PART OF THIS JOB.&#8221; She went one step further in a <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1723309941" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> on Twitch reacting to the video, telling the owner of the site that she plans to sue him.
In a second statement posted to <a href="https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1ss80dv" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TwitLonger</a>, Atrioc said that he would help finance the cost of taking down the offending content and the legal fees for affected streamers. In order to dedicate his time fully to the issue, he also announced that he would be stepping away from content creation and OFFBRAND, his content creation studio. &#8220;This will be the last time you hear from me for a while,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;I&#8217;d rather you see my actions. I will try my absolute hardest to combat the damage I caused.&#8221;
The individual behind the deepfake images has taken them all down, and replaced his website with a long apology for creating them in the first place, according to a screenshot of the site shared on <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Destiny/comments/10q0f7t/deep_fake_creator_atrioc_was_subbed_to_on/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reddit</a>.
Deepfake technology, which uses AI to map someone&#8217;s face onto another person&#8217;s body, has been around since at least <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/deepfakes-digitally-altered-video-could-become-paul-bois" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2018</a>. Even porn websites like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/deepfakes-pornhub-bans-fake-celebrity-porn-videos-paul-bois" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PornHub</a> have banned the practice on the grounds that such videos are non-consensual. The technology has advanced and proliferated much since then, which has only exposed its unsavory parts. The popular AI art software Lensa AI was at the center of controversy in December after <a href="https://jezebel.com/trendy-portrait-app-lensa-is-accused-of-creating-noncon-1849870304" target="_blank" rel="noopener">multiple</a> <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/12/1064751/the-viral-ai-avatar-app-lensa-undressed-me-without-my-consent/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> showed that it generated <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/lensa-artificial-intelligence-csem/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nude images</a> of users, even when users offered it modest photos or even headshots.
Generating non-consensual nudity is one of several morally illicit activities that AI software has been part of, including: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/artificial-intelligence-is-the-future-of-plagiarism-university-professor-warns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plagiarizing</a> assignments; passing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chatgpt-passes-medical-license-exam-bar-exam-after-top-performance-on-wharton-mba-final" target="_blank" rel="noopener">law, medical, and business school exams</a>; creating a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virtual-robot-rapper-gets-signed-to-major-label-boasts-millions-of-fans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">computer-generated rapper</a>; and generating voice clips of <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ai-4chan-emma-watson-mein-kampf-elevenlabs-9wghsmt9c?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1675201674" target="_blank" rel="noopener">celebrities saying offensive things</a>.

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Singer Sam Smith has released a new music video. First, let me say this about this incredible performer: I loved his music. 
But with his latest release “I&#8217;m Not Here to Make Friends,” I can no longer love it.
Even though Sam is tremendously talented, I am now going to have to dump his incredible music from my library.
Why?
It has nothing to do with his singing gifts — it&#8217;s how he&#8217;s choosing to use his unique abilities that is beyond the pale. 
My decision to ditch him is about who Sam is as a person and what he is introducing to culture now.
He&#8217;s no longer releasing beautiful music. His new song is not about him playing the piano and remembering old lovers.
His new music video is yet another example of what happens to an artist who has spent too much time in Hollywood — his &#8216;art&#8217; essentially becomes pornography.
His new music video, for the song, “I’m Not Here To Make Friends,” is almost too grotesque to even discuss. I go into more detail about it on my show today which can be watched <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/candace" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>. 
The best way to describe it is like &#8220;Mrs. Doubtfire&#8221; meets &#8220;Moulin Rouge&#8221; — except it&#8217;s just men. It&#8217;s absolute filth. The entire thing is sexual, provocative, and inappropriate — replete with leather lingerie, suggestive images, nudity, and more. It&#8217;s graphic throughout.
What’s incredible is that this sort of thing is allowed on YouTube. You cannot question Big Pharma authority, and you can’t discuss your reaction to the vaccine, but this garbage is allowed for the world to see — including your children.
The video isn’t posted behind behind any sort of age restriction or verification — even though it is essentially gay smut.
Those who do speak out against this vulgarity being pushed on our kids are accused of being homophobic and hateful. It’s a bogus smear. 
It’s no secret I am against this agenda being pushed onto our children. Of course, my critics never focus on that. They instead choose to make the issue about the immutable characteristics of those I am criticizing.
So for example, when Cardi B makes the song “WAP” and I ridicule it and condemn it, people say “oh, it&#8217;s because Cardi B is black” — never mind my own skin color.
So, now that I&#8217;m commenting on Sam Smith and he&#8217;s white, I am being told I&#8217;m only speaking out because he&#8217;s gay and &#8216;gender-bending.&#8217;
No, I am speaking out because they are both disgusting.
This isn’t art. These are the products of two imbeciles corrupting our culture and future. It should be thrown out — not put on the internet for millions to see.
People should walk away from this. It shouldn&#8217;t be allowed on stage, let alone on your home computer where minors can see it.
When you put this into the arena — think about what it&#8217;s doing in people&#8217;s minds over time. In effect, it&#8217;s softening them to the idea of pornography. This music video belongs on Pornhub, and Pornhub belongs in the trash.
Yet instead of finding this crap in the gutter, you are seeing this sort of crudeness in the mainstream media. You&#8217;re getting this on YouTube. People are celebrating this.
The truly sad part is Sam is already talented. He doesn’t need to stoop to this level.
Why can’t he make a video of himself dancing and having a good time — without it being explicitly sexual? Does it really have to be so raunchy? No, of course not. So then why is he doing this?
Well, perhaps because he knows this is what sells now. The more disgusting you are and the more immoral you are, then the more attention Hollywood will give you.
That’s because Hollywood is perverse and satanic. And that&#8217;s all I&#8217;m going to say about that.

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Editor’s Note: The following contains graphic imagery that is sexual in nature. Viewer discretion is advised. 
Have you heard about this &#8220;all ages&#8221; drag queen Christmas show that is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-65-twitter-s-collusion-with-the-pentagon-to-create-fake-accounts-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">currently on a national tour</a>?
It could be coming to a city near you — it has 36 shows in 18 different states, as well as the District of Columbia. In this show, you and your kids are allowed to see acts named &#8220;Screwdolph the Red-nippled Reindeer&#8221; and Crystal Methyd — a character who has peppermint candies for breasts.
Does that get you in the Christmas spirit? 
Maybe if you&#8217;re a Leftist reading this, you think it is totally appropriate. That&#8217;s because Leftists have demented minds.
For them, it&#8217;s perfectly normal that there are men who want to dress up like women and dance in front of children.
What exactly goes on at this sort of show?
Well, in <a href="https://texasscorecard.com/austin/graphic-undercover-reporter-documents-shocking-all-ages-drag-show/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one instance in Austin, Texas,</a> a performer paraded around with “tits in a box” and then he &#8220;shook his buttocks&#8221; for the crowd. At one point a drag queen named &#8220;Jimbo the Drag Clown&#8221; said to a child in the audience, saying, “Hello, you’re reaching for my titties. Are you hungry?&#8221;  
At another point, &#8220;Screwdolph The Red-Nippled Reindeer&#8221; gets spanked because that&#8217;s their idea of celebrating Christmas. They simulate sex on stage. They sexualize children&#8217;s stories, including Santa, and they have sex videos that play in the background.
Do you think I am making this up?  Here&#8217;s TayerUSA on Tucker Carlson Tonight who recorded these perverted videos as a journalist and reported on the story: 
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/TaylerUSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TaylerUSA</a> Joins Tucker Carlson Tonight To Discuss His Footage Exposing The Disturbing &quot;All Ages&quot; Drag Queen Christmas Show
Tayler: &quot;These children are being groomed by adults.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/m70Q3ka81n">pic.twitter.com/m70Q3ka81n</a>
&mdash; The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) <a href="https://twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1605022703005536256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Here&#8217;s more, but it is very graphic — and again this is supposed to be for children:
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So, the drag show for Christmas celebrates half-naked men — dressed as women — dancing in front of children while also simulating sex on stage. 
Meanwhile, adults are laughing along and applauding. Every adult there should be reported to the authorities. 
This is an utter perversion being pushed as &#8216;progress.&#8217; It makes me sick. When I first saw this video, one disturbing thing is that people are trying to act like this is all something that is natural, decent, or beneficial for children.
None of this is natural. Pushing sexualized images onto children is not natural or normal. It is all indecent.
Where is the shame for any of the &#8216;grownups&#8217; involved in this &#8220;all ages&#8221; drag show?
Before the show, I was explaining to my crew a time when I felt indecent in front of my mother-in-law. I didn&#8217;t expect to see her. But, when I did, I was wearing high-waisted leather pants and a long-sleeved top. There&#8217;s nothing specifically wrong with that outfit — everything was covered from head to toe. 
Yet I died on the inside. Those are not the sort of pants I want to wear in front of my mother-in-law. They&#8217;re just a little bit sexy — not the sort of impression I want to give to her. I would have been in a sack if I had known that she was going to pop by that day.
There&#8217;s a level of respect needed when you&#8217;re around elders, family, or children. Clothing that you would wear out to go to a bar or with your girlfriends — you don&#8217;t put those outfits on when you&#8217;re going to go babysit or to a family gathering. You don&#8217;t want to expose children to outfits that aren&#8217;t age-appropriate or embarrass those who deserve honor.
Ultimately, it is about decency.
Those two situations aren&#8217;t exactly comparable — because my accidentally wearing leather pants in front of my husband&#8217;s mother pales in comparison to grown men acting lewdly in front of children with their parents laughing and cheering it on — but the larger point is that we as a culture are losing our idea of respect and modesty.
When you say as a society that we actually have no standards of respect and decency and we&#8217;re going to mock those who care about protecting childhood innocence and keeping crudeness out of our culture — then it is not going to end well. It&#8217;s not going to end well whatsoever. 
This increased sexualization of children needs to stop.

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Republican Utah Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-lee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Lee</a> introduced two bills this week aimed at combatting online <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pornography" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pornography</a>.
Lee introduced the bills on Wednesday. The Shielding Children&#8217;s Retinas from Egregious Exposure on the Net (SCREEN) Act would direct the FCC to mandate that all pornographic websites adopt age verification technology to keep children from accessing porn online. The Interstate Obscenity Definition Act (IODA) would establish a nationwide definition of obscenity, reforming the Supreme Court&#8217;s &#8220;Miller Test&#8221; and enabling prosecution of obscene content transmitted across states or from foreign countries.
“Every day, we&#8217;re learning more about the negative psychological effects pornography has on minors,&#8221; Lee said in a <a href="https://www.lee.senate.gov/2022/12/sen-lee-introduces-bill-to-protect-children-online" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> unveiling the SCREEN Act. &#8220;Given the alarming rate of teenage exposure to pornography, I believe the government must act quickly to enact protections that have a real chance of surviving First Amendment scrutiny. We require age verification at brick-and-mortar shops. Why shouldn&#8217;t we require it online?”
The <a href="https://www.lee.senate.gov/services/files/13C602F8-4CA3-4B5E-91DB-7B00393004E7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SCREEN Act</a> would direct the FCC to require commercial websites that regularly create or platform pornographic content to establish age verification technology, to ensure that users of those websites are not minors, and that minors are prevented from accessing the contents of such websites. Notably, the bill explicitly states that any proposed FCC regulation must make clear that simply asking a user to confirm that he or she is a legal adult is not a sufficient screening measure.
The <a href="https://www.lee.senate.gov/services/files/1FDD7596-0E24-4828-8137-F604EEF3CC83" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IODA</a> would establish a federal definition of obscenity that would apply to &#8220;a picture, image, graphic image file, film, videotape, or other visual depiction.&#8221; The bill would define obscene content as content that:
<blockquote>(i) taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest in nudity, sex, or excretion;
(ii) depicts, describes, or represents, an actual or simulated sexual act or sexual contact, actual or simulated normal or perverted sexual acts, or lewd exhibition of the genitals, with the objective intent to arouse, titillate, or gratify the sexual desires of a person; and
(iii) taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.</blockquote>
In a <a href="https://www.lee.senate.gov/services/files/6262B720-BF4B-41B1-8C70-5634CD1D4333" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one-pager</a> describing the bill, Lee said that while obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment, it is difficult to prosecute under the &#8220;Miller Test,&#8221; the legal test established by the Supreme Court in Miller v. California in 1973. Under the Miller Test, content is only obscene if:
<blockquote>(1) the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work, taken as a 
whole, appeals to the prurient interest; 
(2) the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the 
applicable state law; and 
(3) the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.</blockquote>
&#8220;As we consider the application of the Miller Standard to the internet, we run into serious challenges,&#8221; the one-pager reads. &#8220;Which &#8216;contemporary community standards&#8217; should be applied? Or what &#8216;applicable state law&#8217; should be applied to determine patent offensiveness?&#8221;
&#8220;Because the internet is a ‘channel or instrumentality’ of interstate commerce, Congress’s current obscenity prohibitions are severely diminished,&#8221; it added.
Lee previously proposed a bill in September to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-lawmaker-introduces-first-bill-criminalizing-non-consensual-sexually-explicit-material-200-survivors-show-support" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prevent sexual exploitation</a> on porn sites. The Preventing Rampant Online Technological Exploitation and Criminal Trafficking (PROTECT) Act would require age and consent verification of those depicted in sexually explicit or intimate materials online. It would also allow victims of sexual exploitation to have their images removed and block re-uploads, including any altered or edited versions. Websites that fail to remove the reported content could face penalties of up to $10,000 per day. Victims could also file civil actions against these sites.
Brandon Drey contributed to this report.

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Mike Lee Introduces Two Bills To Clamp Down On Internet Pornography

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Demonstrators gathered outside Balenciaga boutiques and retailers in several cities on Saturday to protest the fashion brand&#8217;s controversial ad campaign featuring children holding teddy bears donning BDSM-themed attire.
The protests occurred in 20 cities — including New York, Beverly Hills, London, and Nashville &#8211; where participants slammed the fashion house for promoting the sexual exploitation of children, according to organizers. Mom Army, in association with groups such as Dad Army, Freedom Forever, and Gays Against Groomers, planned the demonstrations outside Balenciaga flagship stores and other high-end retailers that carry the brand.
&#8220;We are mothers, we are consumers, and we are taking a stand: stop putting profit over our children,” Lucy Riles, an organizer with Mom Army, told The Daily Wire at a Nashville protest. She said she was “fed up with the sexualization, exploitation, indoctrination, child mutilation, and all these agendas that are happening right now in this country and the climate.”
The French fashion brand, which celebrities like Kim Kardashian often wear, came under fire last month after its website displayed images featuring its “Toy Stories” campaign that showed child models posing with the brand’s teddy bear handbags, with the bears dressed in BDSM-themed gear from its Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2023 collection. Such images contained children holding plush toys dressed in such gear, including fishnet tops, studded leather harnesses, and collars with locks.
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Another image displayed documents from a 2008 Supreme Court opinion, United States vs. Williams — a federal statute prohibiting the “pandering” of child pornography, which reaffirmed the PROTECT Act, a federal law that increased penalties for sexual exploitation and other abuse of children.
Balenciaga has acknowledged the ongoing scandal, saying last Monday that it could have “done things differently.” The company says it “strongly condemns child abuse; it was never our intent to include it in our narrative.” It also said it is taking steps to prevent something similar from happening again.
Balenciaga creative director Demna has also issued a public apology, accepting responsibility for choosing the &#8220;wrong artistic choice of concept&#8221; in the brand&#8217;s recent controversial campaign. &#8220;It was inappropriate to have kids promote objects that had nothing to do with them,&#8221; Demna wrote <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Clq0hwtN4bS/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in an Instagram statement Friday</a>.
Outrage against Balenciaga has remained.
Landon Starbuck, the wife of former congressional candidate Robby Starbuck, is the leader of a Nashville-based conservative non-profit called Freedom Forever. She told The Daily Wire that America “won’t tolerate” the “sexualization” of children, adding, “Exploiting children is not fashionable, and that’s why we’re all here today.”
Another protester named Chrissy, known online as &#8220;Trans for Trump,&#8221; insisted, &#8220;My community is not in unison with the message that&#8217;s being sent out here,&#8221; reiterating support for the Balenciaga protests.
“What is being perpetuated out there now is harming children, it&#8217;s harming my community, it’s harming society,&#8221; said Chrissy. 
Several cars that drove past the Nashville demonstration honked their horns in support of the organizers&#8217; message. There were a few disruptions during the event, but everyone remained peaceful.
Brandon Drey contributed to this report.

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Over 200 victims of image-based sexual abuse worldwide signed a <a href="https://endsexualexploitation.org/wp-content/uploads/ProtectAct_SurvivorLetter-w-Signatures.pdf">letter</a> supporting new legislation a Republican lawmaker introduced last month requiring age and consent verification of those depicted in sexually explicit or intimate materials online.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT). who introduced the <a href="https://www.lee.senate.gov/services/files/52B309C1-784C-4BFA-8487-1355D3592504">The Preventing Rampant Online Technological Exploitation and Criminal Trafficking Act</a>, otherwise known as the PROTECT Act, comes as lawmakers and victims look for solutions to solve the child sexual abuse imagery epidemic that has grown exponentially since the late 1990s when the Internet started becoming a household necessity.
&#8220;Pornography sites need to do more to prevent the exploitation that is occurring on their platforms and allow individuals to remove images shared without their consent,&#8221; Lee said in a <a href="https://www.lee.senate.gov/2022/9/lee-bill-protects-victims-of-image-based-sexual-abuse/49fa886b-86ec-45d7-9504-5315d7f83f33">statement</a>. &#8220;The PROTECT Act is a step in that direction.&#8221;
Lee&#8217;s statement included recent data from Utah law enforcement reporting a 600% increase in cases involving child pornography and sexual contact with minors since 2020.
While <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Nonconsensual_pornography_(revenge_porn)_laws_in_the_United_States">46 states</a> in the union have laws prohibiting producing and distributing nonconsensual sexual content, the federal law has remained helpless for victims.
Reports of child sexual abuse material have exponentially increased since the Internet, which has revolutionized the pornography industry and consequently created a breeding ground for child sexual abuse material.
According to the bill, reports of child sexual abuse material grew from 3,000 reports in 1998 to more than 1,000,000 7 in 2014 and 18,400,000 in 2018 in the United States.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which supports Sen. Lee&#8217;s bill, reports more than 29,300,000 reports of suspected child sex abuse material were recorded to its CyberTipline in 2021, marking the highest number it has received in a single year.
Survivors of such abuses to this day have no rights under federal law to have the material removed from the Internet. The proposed landmark legislation would be the first time federal law would protect victims of all ages who have been subject to image-based sexual abuse from websites monetizing and distributing their abuse, which usually garners millions of views for users to watch criminal content or consume private material.
Survivors of image-based sexual abuse online have often spent hundreds of hours attempting to get the content removed. Yet, despite their efforts, their attempts would fail, taking weeks or even months for the images to be completely taken down.
But by that time, the images had already been saved, shared, and re-uploaded to other platforms around the globe with little to zero accountability for such websites that have generated revenue off of the vulnerability of men, women, and children.
Uldouz Wallace, actress and survivor-leader, was one of the celebrities who had their privacy invaded in 2014 after a hacker spread personal photographs from various digital devices across the Internet in the iCloud Data Breach.
Uldouz told The Daily Wire her privacy was first compromised when a former partner recorded explicit images and video of her without her consent. And when it was further published online by a group of hackers responsible for the iCloud leak, the news devastated her.
&#8220;My heart dropped, and I was just mortified,&#8221; Uldouz said.
Uldouz said she isolated herself when she began facing harassment from her peers, backlash from her sponsors, and disassociation from potential employers. She stayed silent about her story for the last eight years.
After time spent recovering from the experience and researching how to shield future generations from becoming targets of online abuse, she used her pain to help solve the ongoing problem.
&#8220;Since nobody else is doing something, then I&#8217;m going to do something about it,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Because all of us are told not to talk about it. Don&#8217;t bring more attention to it. But the worst has already happened. I mean, how much worse could it get than what&#8217;s already happened to me?&#8221;
Uldouz testified on Capitol Hill last summer, urging members of Congress to create laws to criminalize the spreading of non-consensual images and videos online.
If passed, the law would allow victims to have their images removed and block re-uploads, including any altered or edited versions, while using the law to bring a civil action in district court to seek damages.
Websites that have allowed such uploads and fail to remove the reported content could also face penalties of up to $10,000 per day.
Among the survivors who signed the letter of support for Congress to pass the legislation also included celebrities Terry Crews, Whitney Cummings, Marisol Nichols, and Mexican activist Olimpia Coral Melo Cruz.

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Republican Lawmaker Introduces First Bill Criminalizing Non-Consensual Sexually Explicit Material; 200 Survivors Show Support

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