Good News for Christians Battling US Sex Trafficking

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🗓️ 11 April 2018

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Last week, the US government shutdown the classified advertising website Backpage.com on allegations that the site was profiting off of illegal prostitution. The website and its affiliates were seized by a joint effort of the FBI, Post Office, and IRS. Online classifieds have long been criticized for facilitating sex trafficking. In 2010, human rights activists called Craigslist the "biggest online hub for selling women against their will.” (Craigslist gave up its adult service page listings in 2010.) In 2012, New York Times columnist Nick Kristof called Backpage “a godsend to pimps, allowing customers to order a girl online as if she were a pizza.” Online classifieds can quickly become part of traffickers’ “business plan,” says Sandra Morgan, director of the Global Center for Women and Justice at Vanguard University. “Finding ways to manage the internet highway is how we do a better job protecting our communities,” Morgan said. Morgan joined associate digital media producer Morgan Lee and editorial director Ted Olsen to discuss how Backpage’s departure will affect sex trafficking in the United States, how new federal legislation could impact how traffickers get prosecuted and why evangelicals are so passionate about helping the sexually exploited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you in part by The Apologetics Guy Show, the podcast that helps you find clear answers to tough questions about Christianity.
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0:31.0	Each week we go beyond hashtags and hot takes to discuss a major cultural event.
0:35.9	I'm Morgan Lee, an associate digital media producer here at
0:39.0	Christianity today, and I'm joined by Ted Olson, our editorial director.
0:44.8	Hey, Morgan.
0:45.6	What up, Ted?
0:46.6	A lot. It's really good to be back on the show. Love that Mark's still traveling. So there
0:50.7	go. You're traveling, too.
0:52.1	I am headed to Nashville this week.
0:53.9	Nice. For the Q conference. I will be staying here editing copy.
0:58.2	Ted, you could have gone to these conferences. I could have. No, no, no. I've been to Q. It's a fun,
1:02.0	it's a fun conference. It's like TED Talks for Christians. It's good. More or less, yes. And I'm sure I'll come back with a report for everyone next week. It may even be a precious moment. Who do we have on the show today? We have Sandra Morgan. She is the director of the Global Center for Women and Justice at Vanguard University. That's a Christian University in Costa Mesa, California. She's been involved in the fight against human trafficking for lots of years. First, as a nurse in Athens,
1:28.0	Greece, more recently as administrator of the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force. She created Vanguard's
1:35.3	anti-human trafficking online certificate program, and she hosts the podcast Ending Human Trafficking,
1:41.6	another podcaster to join us today.
1:44.9	Hey, Sandra.
1:46.0	Thank you.
1:47.6	It's so great to meet both of you.
1:49.5	How long have you been in the podcast space for?
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