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Sen. Josh Hawley says legislation he wrote with Tim Tebow could soon become law. “This will be the biggest surge against child trafficking in the history of the federal government.” Hawley says an estimated 90,000 children are trapped in sex trafficking. Josh Hawley Tim Tebow
The Lion43,982 次观看 • 3 个月前
The largest effort against child trafficking in the history of the federal government may pass as the Senate considers a reconciliation bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Senator Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, told The Lion in an exclusive interview on Thursday. “There are 10s of 1000s of children in the United States who are trapped in sex trafficking,” Hawley said. “Federal investigators have 90,000 images of kids who are being sexually exploited posted online. They don’t know where the kids are.” In 2025, reports of child exploitation rose to 20.5 million in the United States alone. Social media has aided this massive increase in online crimes, bringing the threat “to the doorstep of every family in this country,” Hawley said on the Senate floor Wednesday. “The truth is, while child abuse is sadly a longstanding phenomenon, child predation and child trafficking now are fed and nourished and nurtured by social media, by companies who know that these images are being posted and don’t do anything about it,” he said. “The purveyors of online platforms allow their entire platform to be taken over and essentially run as a child trafficking ring.” Read full story:
The Lion19,400 次观看 • 4 个月前
![Big Tech must be held legally accountable, says Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, and President Donald Trump’s “Ratepayer Protection Pledge” is a step in the right direction. “The idea that they [tech companies] would come to Missouri and ask for Missourians to pay for their electricity, or that they would take away power supply, or kick people off the grid – that’s ridiculous, and we ought to just ban that by legislation,” Hawley told The Lion, noting that his legislation would mandate companies to be “absolutely clear on what it is they actually require when it comes to power.” Josh Hawley](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2029953866201006094/amplify_video_thumb/2029951075126587393/img/tR-P9hAbQ1cTSjY7.jpg)
Big Tech must be held legally accountable, says Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, and President Donald Trump’s “Ratepayer Protection Pledge” is a step in the right direction. “The idea that they [tech companies] would come to Missouri and ask for Missourians to pay for their electricity, or that they would take away power supply, or kick people off the grid – that’s ridiculous, and we ought to just ban that by legislation,” Hawley told The Lion, noting that his legislation would mandate companies to be “absolutely clear on what it is they actually require when it comes to power.” Josh Hawley
The Lion13,646 次观看 • 6 个月前
Besides the energy implications of AI, Sen. Josh Hawley has challenged Big Tech to take responsibility for the harms it’s caused families and especially youth. Josh Hawley told The Lion he has “talked to too many parents who have lost children to self-harm and suicide at the behest of an AI chatbot.”
The Lion11,214 次观看 • 6 个月前
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