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Who Exactly Is Ashton Kutcher’s Anti-Sex-Trafficking Tech Company Helping? (www.thecut.com)

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

In 2011, a public-awareness campaign for DNA featured Donald Trump, Jamie Foxx, and the slogan “Real Men Don’t Buy Girls.”

Donald - "they just let you do it" - "beauty pageant dressing room" - Trump

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Kutcher and his first wife, Demi Moore, founded an organization called DNA in 2009 after watching a Dateline special

Combine this with Kutcher not knowing Masterson and scientology numerous trafficking accusations really illuminates how unserious they were about the program.

This was always just a PR move for Kutcher, so he doesn't care if he is doing damage to legitimate sex workers. Much like FOSTA/SESTA, it's real easy for anyone who wants to boost their image, lawmakers included, to play the hero as you take a "protect the children at all costs zero tolerance" stance and handwave away the harm you do "helping".

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Well said