Governments, Big Tech Team Up Against Online Child Sexual Exploitation

Attorney General William Barr speaks about an initiative to prevent online child sexual exploitation as international politicians look on, at the Justice Department in Washington on March 5, 2020. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—Powerful testimony from the “Phoenix 11,” a group of child sex abuse survivors, kicked off the announcement of a new collaboration between governments and tech companies to stop the online sexual abuse of children. 

“Last year, we all took a bold step to overcome the fears about ourselves, to band together to become a force for change,” the group said in a video presented at the Department of Justice (DOJ) on March 5.