Episode 104 – Ending Sexploitation Podcast
Haley McNamara (Executive Director and Chief Strategy Officer at NCOSE) talks about the latest news about Meta as the big tech company appears to be threatening to shut down service in New Mexico over the legal fight with the state’s Attorney General. She also talks about the recent change in the United Kingdom where Pornhub is apparently letting Apple users back on its platform. These are major developments that beg the question: Are big tech companies actually making improvements because of the legal and legislative roadblocks they are facing, or are they simply adapting to new strategies and continuing on as usual?
Read Haley’s Op-ed about Meta: https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5850924-zuckerberg-meta-stop-child-sexual-abuse/
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Episode 103 - Ending Sexploitation Podcast
This episode is for informational and educational purposes.
Haley McNamara is joined by Tori Hirsch and Megan Griffin to discuss the GUARD Act. They take a closer look at what it is and what some of the supporters and detractors have said about it. Megan Griffin is the Public Policy Advocacy Manager at NCOSE, and Tori Hirsch works as Legal Counsel at the NCOSE Law Center. Both Megan and Tori bring their unique expertise into this discussion to help you get to the core of what this legislation is. Would this law actually protect kids from the potential harms of AI Chatbots? Watch or listen to this episode to find out!
Read the GUARD Act for yourself: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3062/text
Read our Press Statement: https://tinyurl.com/e8t67pzm
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Episode 100 - Ending Sexploitation Podcast
In this episode, Haley McNamara (Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Director at NCOSE) and Dani Pinter (Chief Legal Officer and Director of the NCOSE Law Center) discuss the recent article in the New Yorker exploring the story behind Sam Altman and OpenAI. Most of you are familiar with their ChatGPT platform, but what about the man and company behind that popular chatbot? Haley and Dani take a closer look at the inconsistent claims about safety that have come from Altman over the past few years and discuss whether or not users should trust what he has to say.
New Yorker article: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/sam-altman-may-control-our-future-can-he-be-trusted
Check out the 2026 Dirty Dozen List: www.DirtyDozenList.org
Read our blog about the Promise and Peril of AI: https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/the-peril-and-promise-of-artificial-intelligence/
Follow us on Instagram and submit questions for the podcast! https://www.instagram.com/endexploitation/
Haley McNamara (Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Director at NCOSE) and Dani Pinter (Chief Legal Officer and Director of the NCOSE Law Center) discuss the recent Netflix documentary, “Inside the Manosphere,” and how it exposes a contradictory view of sexual exploitation. Then they take a closer look at the recent trial verdicts in Meta cases in New Mexico and California. These are landmark victories in the movement to end sexual exploitation, but the fight is far from over, and Haley and Dani talk through the opposition and what the next steps look like.
Follow us on Instagram and submit questions for the podcast! https://www.instagram.com/endexploitation/
Learn more about how NCOSE holds Big Tech accountable through our annual Dirty Dozen List:
www.DirtyDozenList.org
Learn more about the New Mexico case against Meta: https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/breaking-jury-finds-meta-liable-for-child-harm-and-sexual-exploitation/
Learn more about the California case against Meta: https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/victory-meta-and-youtube-lose-high-profile-social-media-addiction-trial/
Reuters article about New Mexico case verdict: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/jury-orders-meta-pay-375-mln-new-mexico-lawsuit-over-child-sexual-exploitation-2026-03-24/
Watch Haley in the deposition for the Meta case: https://x.com/NCOSE/status/2036581999964520843/video/1
Ending Sexploitation Podcast - Episode 95
Haley McNamara (Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Director at NCOSE) sat down to chat with Marcel van der Watt (CEO and President at NCOSE) to talk about the issue of sextortion. What is it and how pervasive is this issue around the world? Haley helps to define some issues and highlights some current examples. Marcel shares from his own experience in law enforcement as well as shares from recent studies that take a closer look at this. We have a number of resources below, and please don’t hesitate to comment below if you have any specific questions or are looking for a resource!
GET HELP NOW...
*The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) 24-hour hotline is 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678)
*NCMEC Take It Down tool: https://takeitdown.ncmec.org/
*Cyber Civil Rights Initiative: https://cybercivilrights.org/
*CCRI Image Abuse Helpline: 1-844-878-CCRI (2274)
MORE RESOURCES:
Global Organized Crime Index: United States - https://ocindex.net/assets/downloads/2025/english/ocindex_profile_united_states_2025.pdf
Blog: Sextortion is the Largest Blackmail Operation in Human History - https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/sextortion-the-largest-blackmail-operation-in-human-history/
Webinar: Unmasking the Sextortion Crisis Online - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whnWaXfMSyc
Ending Sexploitation Podcast - Episode 93
Dani Pinter, Esq., (Chief Legal Officer and Director of the NCOSE Law Center) and Peter Gentala (President, Center for Arizona Policy) discuss the incredible new developments in the Twitter Lawsuit as it is officially on the docket for the Supreme Court for them to review and consider. They provide some insights into the work that has happened over the past 5 years to get us to this place where these brave survivors have a chance at getting justice. It’s an amazing story, and Peter and Dani have been involved from the start along with the NCOSE Law Center and Lisa Haba and her wonderful team.
*DONATE to the NCOSE Law Center to defend human dignity and help survivors get justice: https://endsexualexploitation.org/donatelawcenter
*Learn more about the Twitter SCOTUS filing: https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/ncose-petitions-supreme-court-to-interpret-section-230-on-the-30th-anniversary-of-its-passage/
Dani Pinter, Chief Legal Officer and Director of the NCOSE Law Center, is joined by Teresa J. Helm, Public Policy Outreach Manager And Survivor Services Coordinator at NCOSE, to talk about the release of the Epstein files. After years of survivor leaders like Teresa pushing this movement forward, congress finally took action and passed legislation to release the files. Teresa, an Epstein survivor and incredible leader at NCOSE, shares her reaction to the news and what this journey has meant to her and others.
Read our press statement: https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/victory-epstein-files-transparency-act-signed-into-law/
Learn more about the NCOSE Law Center: https://endsexualexploitation.org/law-center/
Read about our commitment to walking alongside survivors: https://endsexualexploitation.org/walking-alongside-survivors/
EPISODE 85
Government leaders in Germany and Japan have spoken out boldly against legalizing prostitution. In some instances, they’ve even gone as far as to say that prostitution needs to be completely eradicated! Dani and Haley take a closer look at these stories from around the world and talk about what it means globally as well as here in the United States. There are consequences of legalizing prostitution that we’ve seen within our own country – specifically in Nevada. Survivors have united in support of Jane Doe, a Nevada sex trafficking survivor who was sex trafficked in legal brothel prostitution in Nevada for years.
Support the NCOSE Law Center as they fight for justice for Jane Doe and many other survivors of sexual exploitation: https://EndSexualExploitation.org/DonateLawCenter
Read our press statement about the survivor declaration in support of Jane Doe: https://EndSexualExploitation.org/Declaration-Survivors-Anonymity/
Read The Times Of India article about Germany’s leaders: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/germany-considers-the-nordic-model-to-curb-sex-work/articleshow/125221902.cms
Read The Chosun Daily article about Japan’s leaders: https://www.chosun.com/english/world-en/2025/11/10/6X74F27GLRAGTKOKPMDH7G4I7E/
Ending Sexploitation Podcast (Episode 83)
Character.AI has announced a surprising and encouraging change to their platform that would restrict usage to 18+ users. It remains to be seen how accurate and reliable their system handles age verification, and Haley McNamara and Dani Pinter discuss the lead up to this monumental change for a major player in the AI companion bot space.
Sign this petition to have other AI companies make this change! https://advocacy.charityengine.net/Default.aspx?isid=2673
Read the NCOSE press statement on the new GUARD Act: https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/children-are-victims-of-ai-chatbots-guard-act-will-add-necessary-guardrails/
Read the article on Mashable about this announcement from Character.AI: https://mashable.com/article/character-ai-teens-no-longer-allowed-open-ended-chats-with-chatbots
Read the full report From HEAT Initiative and Parents Action Together on AI Kids’ Accounts: https://heatinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/HEAT_REPORT_CharacterAI_FINAL_PM_29_09_25.pdf
Roblox continues to be one of the most popular AND most dangerous online platforms for kids. Haley McNamara (CSO and Executive Director at NCOSE) is joined by Tim Nester (VP of Communications at NCOSE) to discuss the current state of Roblox safety – or lack thereof – as well as the recent lawsuits that families are filing against the gaming company. Then Tim and Haley dive into recent reports about the Instagram algorithm that has been serving up violent content that many are labeling as “gore” content.
Learn more about Roblox on our Dirty Dozen List: https://endsexualexploitation.org/roblox/
Read the CBS News article about Instagram “gore”: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/instagram-violence/
Contact Congress to END Section 230 Immunity for Big Tech! https://endsexualexploitation.org/DDL230-action
OpenAI’s Sam Altman has announced that adult users will be able to access “erotica” as part of their efforts to “treat adults like adults” on the platform. Is this really the best use of technological innovation? Is this where the resources and priorities of companies like OpenAI should be channeled? Haley McNamara and Dani Pinter from NCOSE chat about this new development and the disingenuous context that is attempted in this announcement.
Sign this petition to call OpenAI to change this direction: https://advocacy.charityengine.net/Default.aspx?isid=2661
Learn more about the A.I. LEAD ACT: https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/ncose-supports-a-i-lead-act-to-confront-ai-harms/
Dani Pinter (Chief Legal Officer at NCOSE) and Haley McNamara (Chief Strategy Officer at NCOSE) discuss some of the recent heartbreaking stories shared by families who have been devastated by careless and out of control A.I. Chatbots. They discuss the specific stories shared at a recent Senate hearing as well as articles and studies that show this goes beyond one-time anecdotal examples. It’s time for companies like Meta to stop viewing these families as collateral damage and to make changes to their platforms and A.I. tools that will make them safe to use!
Follow Haley on X: https://x.com/HaleyMcNamara
Follow Dani on X: https://x.com/DaniBPinter
DONATE to support the work of NCOSE: https://EndSexualExploitation.org/Donate
Watch the full Senate hearing: https://bit.ly/AIchatbotHearing-Sept2025
Read the study on “Mental Health Chat Bot Agents” - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-17242-4
Victoria Sinis is the founder of Creating Gems, an organization created to help young women break free from harmful narratives about themselves. In this presentation from the 2024 CESE Summit, Victoria digs into the deceptive tactics used to lure individuals into the commercial sex trade.
As a former employee at a recruitment agency for OnlyFans, Victoria shares her journey of realization, her immediate departure from the industry, and her ongoing crusade to expose these harmful practices. Gain a deeper understanding of the grooming and recruitment methods employed on a large scale for online exploitation and learn how to recognize and combat these deceptive tactics.
Victoria is a passionate advocate empowering individuals - especially young women - to challenge harmful narratives perpetuated by mainstream media. With a background in startups and marketing, her recent journey led her to a pivotal realization.
Follow Victoria on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/victoria.sinis/
Learn more about Creating Gems: https://creatinggems.com/
Learn more about the dangers of OnlyFans and take action: https://endsexualexploitation.org/onlyfans/
Haley McNamara (Chief Strategy Officer at NCOSE) sits down with Teresa J. Helm (Public Policy Outreach Manager and Survivor Services Coordinator at NCOSE) to talk about her experience as a survivor. This past week, survivors gathered on Capitol Hill to call on lawmakers to release the government files on the Epstein case. Teresa added her voice to that gathering, and in this episode, she talks about the details of the event. She speaks out about both Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, and she gives us insight into why the recent prison transfer for Maxwell is a concern.
Read our Press Statement: https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/ncose-supports-u-s-house-effort-to-release-epstein-files-saying-survivors-deserve-answers/
DONATE to support our work in walking alongside survivors to end sexual exploitation: https://endsexualexploitation.org/donate/
Dani Pinter and Haley McNamara talk about the latest developments in a case in Nevada involving sex trafficking and the 13th amendment. Dani explains how the 13th amendment’s language about slavery applies in this case as well as the realities of survivors being bullied and shamed when they are bold enough to speak up. Learn more about the Nevada lawsuit and the next steps of appealing the pseudonym ruling below.
Get Help from the NCOSE Law Center: https://sexualexploitationlawsuits.com/get-help
Learn more about the Nevada cases: https://endsexualexploitation.org/nevada-is-not-safe-for-women/
Contact our Law Center team here: lawcenter@ncose.com
Dani Pinter (Chief Legal Counsel at NCOSE) and Haley McNamara (Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Director at NCOSE) talk about the latest ruling from the 9th Circuit Court in the ongoing Twitter (Now X) case. They talk about the heartbreaking circumstances that led to the lawsuit and what the ruling means for this case as well as broader implications for Section 230. They also discuss the latest news about Grok creating deepfake nude imagery of celebrities without even being prompted to do so. Is this part of the design and programming or is Grok out of control?
Read our blog about the Twitter decision: https://tinyurl.com/3tmdsste
Donate to the Law Center to support pro bono legal work for survivors: https://tinyurl.com/8xbfce93
Urge Congress to Remove Section 230: https://tinyurl.com/ymfj57p9
Haley McNamara (SVP at NCOSE) and Dani Pinter (SVP and Director of the Law Center at NCOSE) take a closer look at the impact that pornography use has on our sexual arousal template. More specifically, they discuss some studies that have been done to demonstrate the rise in violent sexual behavior like choking or strangulation. These experiments were able to condition men to be aroused by shapes and inanimate objects, and it demonstrates that when a person is exposed to pornography, they can be conditioned to be aroused by the harmful behaviors that are depicted.
Read the full NCOSE Blog on “Conditional Arousal” - https://bit.ly/44BGIIS
Read the Guardian article on the rise and risks of choking during sex - https://bit.ly/3IQtXl4
View or download this free resource from NCOSE on the Public Health Harms of Pornography - https://bit.ly/PornHealthHarms
Our subject matter experts and hosts, Haley McNamara (SVP at NCOSE) and Dani Pinter (SVP at the NCOSE Law Center), provide insights and reactions to the recent verdict results from the Diddy trial as well as the memo about the Epstein file that was release by the Department of Justice. Both of these outcomes leave us with a lot of frustration and very few answers. The lack of understanding of sex trafficking in our culture was reflected in the jury’s decision in the Diddy trial. Also, the efforts to hide the findings in the Epstein file are on full display as people on all sides of the political spectrum demand answers. Haley and Dani give us a detailed and insightful look into these developments.
Learn more about Sex Trafficking: https://endsexualexploitation.org/issues/sex-trafficking/
Read our press statement about the recent DOJ memo regarding the Epstein case: https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/epstein-case-illustrates-need-for-sex-buyer-accountability/
Expert Attorney and Director of the NCOSE Law Center, Dani Pinter, Esq., joins Haley McNamara to take a closer look at the ongoing trial for Sean “Diddy” Combs. Dani provides a summary of the charges as well as giving us an explanation of the true definitions of sex trafficking and coercion in direct response to what is being claimed in court when using those terms.
Learn more about Sex Trafficking: https://endsexualexploitation.org/issues/sex-trafficking/
Learn more about the NCOSE Law Center: https://endsexualexploitation.org/law-center/
Our Commitment to Walking Alongside Survivors: https://endsexualexploitation.org/walking-alongside-survivors/
Haley McNamara and Dani Pinter sit down with Melinda Tankard Reist, Co-Founder and Movement Director of Collective Shout, for a discussion around the recent successful campaign to remove a sexually violent game called “No Mercy” from Steam. Melinda describes how the game allows players to sexually assault your family members and rewards you for doing so. In less than a week, this campaign garnered over 70,000 signatures and over 3,000 emails sent to the CEO of Valve to remove this game. Despite the backlash and threats, Melinda and the team at Collective Shout continue their work to protect women and children from objectification and sexualization.
Melinda is an author, speaker, media commentator and campaigner. She is best known for her work addressing sexualization, objectification, harms of pornography, sexual exploitation, trafficking and violence against women. Melinda is author/editor of seven books (no. 8 on boundary-setting for girls forthcoming 2025). She co-founded Collective Shout for a world free of sexploitation 15 years ago, and is Movement Director. Melinda is an Ambassador for World Vision Australia, Compassion Australia, Hagar NZ and the youth mentoring body the Raise Foundation. She is also Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Culture and Ethics, Notre Dame University, Sydney and named in the Who’s Who of Australian Women and the World Who’s Who of Women. In 2024 she was the recipient of the ‘Global Impact Award’ presented at the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation [CESE] Global Summit in Washington DC.
What goes on in the mind of a sex buyer? People who buy sex are driving the market for prostitution and sex trafficking but we don’t know enough about them.
This question will be answered by Peter Qualliotine Co-Founder/Director, Men’s Accountability, Organization for Prostitution Survivors who has both worked with sex buyers and reviewed online forums where sex buyers discuss their ‘hobby” with one another.
This presentation was given at the 2018 Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Global Summit hosted by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation.
Resources:
Haley Halverson, Vice President of Advocacy and Outreach at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, provides an update on research, survivor testimonies, and legal battles regarding legal brothels in Nevada.
This episode discusses how:
1) Even legal prostitution cannot get rid of sexual violence or sex trafficking within the regulated sex trade.
2) Dennis Hof and Harvey Weinstein have similar worldviews based on sexual entitlement.
3) One county had a failed attempt to overturn legal brothels in their county, but now another legislator might be taking action to roll back legalized prostitution at the state level.
Resources:
Learn more about the harms of prostitution, here: endsexualexploitation.org/prostitution
Find resources for survivors seeking to exit the sex trade, here: https://www.sextradesurvivorresources.com/
Research article showing that sex trafficking increases when prostitution is legalized can be found here.
The full story of the female who survived two legal brothels in Nevada can be found here.
Special guest Josh McDowell, an author, apologist, and founder of Josh McDowell Ministry, joins this podcast episode to address the current climate in the church regarding pornography.
He provides advice for individuals, pastors, and churches about recovery from pornography. He weighs in on the debate about if church leaders should be fired when they confess an addiction to pornography.
McDowell also addresses the positive efforts going on in diverse faith communities to address the harms of pornography.
Call to Action:
To learn more about Josh McDowell and his ministries visit: www.josh.org
To join NCOSE's interfaith prayer team visit: endsexualexploitation.org/prayer
Special guest, Dr. Gail Dines analyzes the big business behind porn.
Dr. Gail Dines is a professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies at Wheelock College, where she is also chair of the American Studies department. Having researched and written about the porn industry for over twenty years, Dr. Dines is internationally acclaimed as the leading expert on how pornography shapes our identities, culture, and sexuality. She is a consultant to government agencies in the US and abroad, including the UK, Norway, Iceland, and Canada.
While popular Internet pornography today seems like it is being mass produced by thousands of companies, the reality is that there is a porn monopoly. Could this be good news?
Dr. Dines provides key insights into the corporate infrastructure behind pornography, and what might happen if the largest porn company in the world got shut down.
Call to Action:
Visit Culture Reframed: www.culturereframed.org
Read Dr. Dines' book: Pornland: How Porn Had Hijacked Our Sexuality
We live in an age where many consumers demand transparency from companies they trust. We want to know the working conditions of those who made our clothing, and if pesticides were used to grow our food.
Now, thanks to The Dirty Dozen List, we can see which well-known entities promote and profit from forms of sexual exploitation.
No corporation should profit from or facilitate sexual exploitation.
Unfortunately, many well-established brands, companies, and organizations in America do just that. Since 2013, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation has published an annual Dirty Dozen List to name and shame the bad corporate actors in America that perpetuate sexual exploitation—whether that be through pornography, prostitution, and sex trafficking.
The Dirty Dozen List is an activism tool that has instigated tremendous changes, leading to policy improvements at Google, Hilton Worldwide, Verizon, Walmart, and the Department of Defense.
This episode gives you a behind-the-scene look at the origin and accomplishments of the Dirty Dozen List.
Call to Action:
Learn more at dirtydozenlist.com.
Positive Thank You Action: Thank Apple TV for Keeping Pornography Off Its App Store and Apple TV
Email Action: Tell Comcast to Stop Selling Sexually Exploitive Content