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Sex Trafficking and Social Media Exploitation in the Inland Empire

Opal Singleton-Hendershot, President and CEO of Million Kids

April 10, 2024 | 5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.

Sex trafficking and online exploitation are two of the fastest growing crimes affecting our kids and families. Few people understand the reality of how pimps and predators access, groom, recruit, and exploit young people. Every victim of exploitation, as well as their loved ones, we have worked with believed "It will never happen to me/us." The past couple of years, we have seen an accelerated technology transformation that has made our kids vulnerable to millions of unfamiliar individuals, some of whom have malicious intentions to exploit them. The advent of artificial intelligence, mass audience live streaming, crypto currency, and advanced online gaming chatrooms has created a world without boarders for our children, where their homes have no walls. This forum aims to empower parents and teens to become leaders in preventing and intervening of sex trafficking and social media exploitation.

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Opal Singleton-Hendershot

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Opal is a leading voice fighting human trafficking, social media exploitation, and detrimental impact of technology on child sex crimes.

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