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October 24, 2018

The Effect of Childhood Trauma on the Brain

Victims of child abuse, such as child pornography or exploitation, suffer unbelievable horrors at the hands of predators, and their victimization can last forever. The abuse they face is traumatic…

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October 10, 2018

Why Predators Watch Child Pornography

Why They Do It While talking about child pornography, we typically focus on the children affected by this horrific act — and rightfully so. However this time, we want to…

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September 26, 2018

How Child Sexual Abuse Statistics Changed in 2017

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) released their findings regarding child sexual abuse online for 2017. What they found is truly shocking... Background on The IWF The IWF is an international…

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September 12, 2018

Post-DEF CON 2018 Update

Following this year’s DEF CON, we are feeling recharged and invigorated about what is to come for the ILF. We are so thankful for all those who came to our…

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July 23, 2018

Identifying Modern Sexual Exploitation: Training

The final step in the three-part victimization of modern sexual exploitation is training. Following recruitment and trauma bonding, training is the final step in forcing your loved one into a…

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July 16, 2018

How to Identify Modern Sexual Exploitation: Trauma Bonding

Here is the next installment of our three-part series about how to identify modern sexual exploitation. Our last post explained how traffickers deceive victims and play on their vulnerabilities to…

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July 11, 2018

Identifying Modern Sexual Exploitation: Recruitment

Sexual exploitation is not only a sad reality but a present danger. Pimps and traffickers alike are perfecting the art of recruiting vulnerable youth into lives of sexual exploitation. It…

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March 14, 2018

Adults using social media to lure children

Chris Hadnagy was invited by Mike Holfield to discuss how social media is being used by predators and what you can do about it. The man known as the…

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February 6, 2018

ILF Feb 2018 Webinar

On 2/2 at 2pm the ILF Board held their first webinar to discuss the next steps and the future of ILF. Join Neil, Tim and Chris on this exciting discussion.

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January 29, 2018

Lessons from Victory and Defeat

Recently a story has come to light of the Olympic Doctor named Larry Nassar who has been accused of molesting and raping young girls in his care. Since his accusation,…

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January 15, 2018

Arrested For Selfies

You might remember our blog post “Child Erotica vs Child Pornography” where we outlined the difference between the two. These are both child exploitation, and therefore equally disgusting, but it…

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