“A Click Away: How Pimps and Sex Buyers Use Social Media and Porn to Exploit”

Joint presentation with survivor-leader Anna Ptak.

The Villanova Law Institute to Address Commercial Sexual Exploitation Survivor-Led Symposium. ‎Villanova, Pennsylvania‎. 2019.

Event Review: Haley Halverson, of National Center on Sexual Exploitation, co-presented with survivor leader Anna Ptak’s in A Click Away: How Pimp’s & Sex Buyers Use Social Media & Porn to Exploit gave an enlightening discussion regarding the inherent risks of social media and online platforms, which are used as primary grounds for trafficker recruitment. Halverson’s comprehensive research made it clear that traffickers have the access to exploit girls on common sites like Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp. Ptak contributed pointed commentary on sites where buyers purchase and review women. Halverson and Ptak were engaging and found ways to bring humor into a difficult conversation of how the Internet has impacted the commercial sex industry.