Title: Human Trafficking and Social Media | Polaris
Headings: Human Trafficking and Social Media
Human Trafficking and Social Media
Social Media in Recruitment
Social Media in Trafficking Operations & Abuse
Social Media for Victims & Survivors
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Social Media in Recruitment
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Online recruitment has existed for as long as there has been widespread access to internet platforms. The National Human Trafficking Hotline has recorded recruitment in all types of sex and labor trafficking on social media platforms including, but not limited to, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Kik, Meetme.com, WhatsApp, and dating sites/apps like Tinder, Grindr, and Plenty of Fish. Traffickers may build an intimate relationship with a victim through social media or advertise fake or deceptive job opportunities. Recruiters of traveling sales crews even post brazen photos of daily cash profits to entice potential victims and agricultural labor recruiters may advertise for U.S. visa contracts via social media. Social Media in Trafficking Operations & Abuse
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In 2018, Congress enacted legislation that allowed for civil and criminal prosecution of online marketplaces that knowingly participate in sex trafficking, thus many websites shut down.