She spent years fighting human trafficking as an undercover agent. Now she’s telling the real story of some of the most heinous crimes in the country.
— Read on www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/fbi-agent-undercover-human-trafficking-stings-nikki-badolato-1234923666/
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing today concerning harm to children online, including the grooming of child victims. They are addressing the Kids Online Safety Act.
Here are some sobering statistics: At least 500,000 predators are online every day. One in five children report they’ve been solicited or contacted by a predator in the last year. https://www.beaubidenfoundation.org/onlinepredatorsblog1/
After years of debate on these problems, no meaningful legislation has been passed. But a couple of senators got good footage for their campaign ads today. And as a reader alluded to last week, the legislative branch certainly has not been without predators who target minors. With the exception of guys like Dennis Hastert, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Hastert , they rarely get busted.