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Episode 122 – Ending Sexploitation Podcast  Haley McNamara (NCOSE Executive Director and Chief Strategy Officer) and Dani Pinter (NCOSE Law Center Director and Chief Legal Officer) sit down with Richie Hamm (NCOSE President) to discuss the film, The Social Reckoning, which tells the story of Frances Haugen, a young Facebook engineer, who enlists the help of Jeff Horwitz, a Wall Street Journal reporter, to go on a dangerous journey that ends up blowing the whistle on the social network's most guarded secrets.   NCOSE was honored to host a fireside chat discussion with the real Frances Haugen after a screening of the film. Richie hosted the event, and in this podcast episode, he shares his thoughts on that experience and the film's message.    Learn more and take action: https://endsexualexploitation.org/social-media-accountability/   DONATE to support the fight to hold big tech and social media companies accountable: https://NCOSE.com/Donate

Episode 121 – Ending Sexploitation Podcast  Haley McNamara and Dani Pinter take a closer look at the tragic news of a "House of Horrors" that has been uncovered in Philadelphia. They talk about the facts of the case as well as how it connects to our efforts in the fight against sexual exploitation, including issues like sex buying, sexual violence, and pornography.   Support this podcast and the work of NCOSE: https://NCOSE.com/Donate  Learn more about the harms of Prostitution: https://endsexualexploitation.org/prostitution/   Learn more about the harms of Sex Buying: https://endsexualexploitation.org/sexbuying/

Episode 120 – Ending Sexploitation Podcast  Haley McNamara (Executive Director at NCOSE) and Dani Pinter (Director of the NCOSE Law Center) talk about the change the FBI made earlier this year with screening applicants who have a history of buying sex. Then they dive into the broader topic of sex buying and what the harms are and why NCOSE has such a strong stance about it.     Learn more about Sex Buying: https://endsexualexploitation.org/SexBuying/  Read the Dignity Journal special issue from Marcel van der Watt: https://tinyurl.com/3jfkr843  Take action to pass felony solicitation laws: https://tinyurl.com/yzdmtzcv

Episode 119 – Ending Sexploitation Podcast  Dani Pinter (Director of the NCOSE Law Center) and Haley McNamara (Executive Director at NCOSE) dive into a number of headlines that hit close to home for parents navigating the process of getting their kids back into school. Often times, the biggest challenges involve the technology that schools provide, so in this episode the focus is on the most commonly used devices: Chromebooks. They also chat about the latest Meta lawsuit news as well as how Meta Smart Glasses are being used to bully other kids at school.    Brand new tool we've built for parents: The Parent Center – https://ParentCenter.org  Read about Chromebooks on our Dirty Dozen List and TAKE ACTION: https://EndSexualExploitation.org/Chromebooks/  Read our blog about the Meta $17.1 billion ruling: https://tinyurl.com/6atks4ar   Read the Futurism article about Meta Glasses: https://tinyurl.com/2s32suat  Read the Wired article about AI Deepfake images: https://tinyurl.com/49ay2t74

Episode 118 – Ending Sexploitation Podcast  Haley McNamara (Executive Director at NCOSE) and Dani Pinter (Director of the NCOSE Law Center) discuss the latest development in the legal battles against Meta. Have social media companies like Meta finally reached their day of reckoning? They examine that question along with the news of a bi-partisan Senate investigation into Roblox. Senators from both parties sent a letter to Roblox leadership notifying them of the investigation and calling attention to the explicit content and real-world abuse.  Read our blog about the update to the Meta case: https://tinyurl.com/mvapcrjb  Meta is on our 2026 Dirty Dozen List: https://endsexualexploitation.org/meta/  Read the Senate letter to Roblox: https://tinyurl.com/3p5v73wh

Episode 117 - Ending Sexploitation Podcast Dani Pinter (Director of the NCOSE Law Center) is joined by Derek Potts (CEO and National Managing Partner at the Potts Law Firm) to discuss the recent lawsuits that have been filed against xAI. The Potts Law Firm filed three civil lawsuits against xAI on behalf of three families whose children were allegedly depicted in AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The lawsuit alleges that xAI's platform enabled users to generate sexually explicit AI-created images of a minor and raises broader questions about the responsibility AI companies have to implement safeguards that prevent their technology from being misused.  Derek Potts is a nationally recognized trial lawyer and legal trailblazer who has built a career holding major corporations accountable. For over two decades, Mr. Potts has led and handled some of the largest, most complex, and controversial class actions and mass tort cases in the United States, taking on some of the world's largest companies while helping both individuals and businesses recover damages caused by corporate misconduct and other forms of harm.    Learn more about the Potts Law Firm or contact them: https://potts-law.com/  Read the press statement about the xAI lawsuit: https://tinyurl.com/kk4vms5r

Episode 116 – Ending Sexploitation Podcast  Haley McNamara (Executive Director at NCOSE) and Dani Pinter (Director of the NCOSE Law Center) take a closer look at the recent announcement from Google about expanding their Play Age Signals API globally. What is this tool and could it make apps in the Google Play Store safer? Listen to this episode to find out!    Read Haley's blog about Google's announcement: https://tinyurl.com/32hak5da   Learn more about the App Store Accountability Act: https://EndSexualExploitation.org/ASAA   TAKE ACTION and urge Congress to pass the ASAA: https://tinyurl.com/mvfhhcbx

Episode 115 – Ending Sexploitation Podcast  Dani Pinter (Director of the NCOSE Law Center) joins Haley McNamara (Executive Director at NCOSE) to talk about the direct impact that artificial intelligence is having on human relationships. Specifically in the areas of romance and dating, A.I. has a growing presence in a variety of ways including dating app personas, personal assistants, and even phishing or sextortion schemes. Haley and Dani take a look at some recent headlines around this issues and discuss how important it is for these platforms to be developed with human safety in mind.    Read our blog: How AI Girlfriends Pose Risks of Sexual Exploitation - https://tinyurl.com/56w8yuhj  Take Action: Urge Congress to Support the AI LEAD Act & the GUARD Act! - https://tinyurl.com/46arrjje  Donate to support the work of NCOSE: https://NCOSE.com/Donate

Episode 114 – Ending Sexploitation Podcast  Haley McNamara (Executive Director at NCOSE) and Dani Pinter (Director of the NCOSE Law Center) talk about the harms of OnlyFans and how it has permeated into our pop culture and entertainment. They also discuss a true story from a brave survivor who shared her experience with our team. Dani provides an update on the latest news involving Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan, in addition to sharing the context of our Law Center's involvement in some of the legal matters surrounding them.  Read the full story from the OnlyFans Survivor: https://tinyurl.com/mrkx8rzd   Watch Victoria Sinis explain the truth about OnlyFans recruitment: https://youtu.be/W49OwqXE940  Read the NCOSE press statement about the recent Tate news:  https://tinyurl.com/yjd82rw6

Episode 113 – Ending Sexploitation Podcast  Haley McNamara (Executive Director at NCOSE) and Dani Pinter, Esq., (Director of the NCOSE Law Center) discuss the latest developments with Meta as they reverse course on a recent feature in Instagram that enabled anyone to create AI-generated or AI-altered images using public Instagram content. They discuss the good news of Meta rolling back this feature, but they also highlight the concerns around how this was approved in the first place. Haley and Dani then dive into the latest developments in the fight for App Store Accountability as the Supreme Court denied Big Tech's attempts to slow or stop progress.     Read our Press Statement about Meta's recent AI feature: https://tinyurl.com/49v3nzw5   Learn more about the App Store Accountability Act: https://EndSexualExploitation.org/ASAA   Read our Press Statement about the Supreme Court's ruling on ASAA: https://tinyurl.com/ym9chukf   Sign up for our newsletter for regular updates in your inbox: https://tinyurl.com/2xdjz3zd

Episode 112 - Ending Sexploitation Podcast  Dani Pinter (Director of the NCOSE Law Center) and Haley McNamara (Executive Director at NCOSE) share their reactions to the recent passage of the KIDS Act. They explain that the bill saw a few improvements before the vote, and they also discuss the desperate need for true accountability for Big Tech companies. On that same theme of accountability, Haley and Dani discuss the recent legislative progress we've seen at the state and federal level that would be massive steps forward in demand reduction tactics, which have a direct impact in the fight against sex trafficking.     Read our blog about demand reduction progress: https://tinyurl.com/5ejrj8ey  Take Action today, and support KOSA: https://tinyurl.com/yr9hv2ba   Donate to support the work of NCOSE: https://NCOSE.com/Donate

Episode 111 – Ending Sexploitation Podcast  This episode is all about the KIDS Act and why it poses a threat to the safety of kids online. Haley McNamara (Executive Director at NCOSE) and Dani Pinter (Director of the NCOSE Law Center) discuss the reasons that this legislation has been so suddenly fast-tracked and supported by Big Tech. The language in this bill might sound good at a quick glance, but a closer scrutiny of the wording by our team of experts reveals a much darker reality.    TAKE ACTION: https://bit.ly/Action-KIDSact   Read our Legal Review of the KIDS Act: https://endsexualexploitation.org/KIDSactLegalReview   Read our Press Statement: https://tinyurl.com/38x6dmh6   Politico Article about the coalition to oppose the KIDS Act: https://tinyurl.com/yaxsp9xp   DONATE to support this work: https://NCOSE.com/Donate

Episode 110 – Ending Sexploitation Podcast  Haley McNamara (Executive Director at NCOSE) is joined by Lily Moric (Communications and Content Strategist at NCOSE) to discuss Kik – a popular messaging app that one convicted sex offender described as a "predator's paradise." After thoroughly testing Kik in recent months, our team has discovered that the new so-called "safety features" are not what they seem to be. Haley and Lily chat about the features and why they aren't actually making the app any safer.  Read our blog about Kik: https://tinyurl.com/4xr6vc42  Read The Hill article where Kik is called out by Senator Marsha Blackburn: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5921714-marsha-blackburn-kik-kids-safety-report/  Join us in standing up to Big Tech: https://EndSexualExploitation.org/DONATE   NOTE: In this podcast episode, it is stated that the account which openly advertised being underage received sexual solicitations, while the control account did not. However, in future tests of the Kik platform, all accounts received sexual messages, regardless of professed age.

Episode 109 - Ending Sexploitation Podcast Dani Pinter, Esq. (Chief Legal Officer and Director of the NCOSE Law Center) is joined by Khari James, Esq. (Senior Legal Counsel at the NCOSE Law Center) to discuss the recent FTC complaint that was filed by Fairplay and NCOSE over the harms that have happened – and continue to happen – on Roblox. They chat about the details of what Roblox is, what the concerns have been in the past, and what still needs to change for Roblox to be safe for kids and families today.     Read about the FTC Complaint: https://tinyurl.com/mpuz9kxp  PARENTS! Get more resources at our newly launched Parent Center: https://ParentCenter.org/  Join us in telling Big Tech: "Don't Mess With Our Kids!" - https://EndSexualExploitation.org/Donate/

Episode 108 - Ending Sexploitation Podcast In this episode, Dani Pinter and Haley McNamara talk about the ways that TikTok has become more and more unsafe after making some positive changes just a few years ago. TikTok earned its way onto our 2026 Dirty Dozen List because it continues to fail at protecting children, letting predators use messaging, comments, and livestreams to groom and exploit minors. There are other issues with the platform as well, and Haley and Dani discuss that as well as a recent investigation that documented the alarming scope of child exploitation activities.     Learn more about TikTok on the 2026 Dirty Dozen List: https://endsexualexploitation.org/tiktok/  Parents – get help from our brand new Parent Center: https://parentcenter.org/  Read the EDMO article about the investigation: https://edmo.eu/publications/hidden-in-plain-sight-malditas-investigation-uncovers-alarming-scope-of-child-exploitation-activities-on-tiktok/  Follow us on Instagram and submit questions for the podcast! https://www.instagram.com/endexploitation/