{"id":2288,"date":"2025-01-17T01:33:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T23:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noa24.press\/?p=2288"},"modified":"2025-01-17T01:33:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T23:33:47","slug":"ashton-kutcher-has-saved-over-6000-children-from-sex-trafficking-hes-a-real-life-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noa24.press\/?p=2288","title":{"rendered":"Ashton Kutcher has saved over 6,000 children from sex trafficking \u2013 he\u2019s a real life hero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Say what you want about Ashton Kutcher as an actor, but he\u2019s proven himself to be a human being of inspiring will and the utmost compassion off-screen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>For those who don\u2019t know, Kutcher has been waging a war against human trafficking over the last few years, saving the lives of no less than 6,000 people, if reports are to be believed.<\/p>\n<p>As per PEOPLE, Kutcher and ex-wife Demi Moore co-founded Thorn: Digital Defenders of Children in 2012, an organization aimed at identifying and rescuing child sex trafficking victims.<\/p>\n<p>What began as a dream of empowering those who had no voice has evolved over time, transitioning into a force making serious inroads against one of the most startling and truly despicable aspects of society: trafficking.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=newsner&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1308400240240865287&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fen.newsner.com%2Ffamily%2Fashton-kutcher-has-saved-over-6000-children-from-sex-trafficking-hes-a-real-life-hero%2F&amp;sessionId=204d1d5e4686e25c57cf56df002be591d6b0813c&amp;siteScreenName=newsner&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1308400240240865287\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A 2017\u00a0report\u00a0stated that Kutcher and Moore\u2019s brainchild \u2013 working closely with law enforcement \u2013 had helped to identify some 5,984 child sex trafficking victims, as well as rescue 103 children from \u201csituations where their sexual abuse was recorded and distributed.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>The nonprofit organization strives to create technology that can be used to defend innocent children from sexual predators \u2013 these days they have full-time teams of staff and contractors from over 21 states working on the job. Reports suggest Thorn has been responsible for identifying and stopping 6,608 perpetrators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we do at our core is we build technology to help fight sexual exploitation of children,\u201d Kutcher said in an interview with\u00a048 Hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can roll up your sleeves and go try to be like a hero and go save one person, or you can build a tool that allows one person to save a lot of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=newsner&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1308059440390701056&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fen.newsner.com%2Ffamily%2Fashton-kutcher-has-saved-over-6000-children-from-sex-trafficking-hes-a-real-life-hero%2F&amp;sessionId=204d1d5e4686e25c57cf56df002be591d6b0813c&amp;siteScreenName=newsner&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1308059440390701056\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Back in 2017, Kutcher himself gave a speech urging Congress to be more active in protecting vulnerable women and children all around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here today to defend the right to pursue happiness. It\u2019s a simple notion: \u2018the right to pursue happiness,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s bestowed upon all of us by our constitution. Every citizen of this country has the right to pursue it. And I believe that it is incumbent on us as citizens of this nation, as Americans, to bestow that right upon others, upon each other, and upon the rest of the world. But the right to pursue happiness for so many is stripped away \u2014 it\u2019s raped, it\u2019s abused, it\u2019s taken by force, fraud, or coercion. It is sold for the momentary happiness of another.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-instagram wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BwK9QVynVsF\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=640&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fen.newsner.com&amp;rp=%2Ffamily%2Fashton-kutcher-has-saved-over-6000-children-from-sex-trafficking-hes-a-real-life-hero%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawH0vaRleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHZuHNxfDjkCQQtAca1DT4cRUJMm3AEU27LEERovoN-IugY8fXHZB2yY29w_aem_jR05v#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A318.5%7D\" height=\"952\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A truly honorable cause worth fighting for, I\u2019m sure we can all agree. Even so, Kutcher has found himself the subject of abuse and criticism from cowardly online trolls hiding behind computer screens and telling him to \u201cstick to his day job\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The 42-year-old, who has a young child with wife Mila Kunis, has a simple, yet defeaning response for them:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen video content of a child that\u2019s the same age as mine being raped by an American man who was a sex tourist in Cambodia, and this child was so conditioned by her environment that she thought she was engaging in play,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>He continued: \u201cI\u2019ve been on the other end of a phone call from my team, asking for my help because we had received a call from the Department of Homeland Security, telling us that a 7-year-old girl was being sexually abused and that content was being spread around the dark web and she had been being abused and they\u2019d watched her for three years, and they could not find the perpetrator, asking us for help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were the last line of defense\u2014an actor and his foundation was the potential last line of defense. That\u2019s my day job, and I\u2019m sticking to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wow, Ashton Kutcher, I can\u2019t thank you enough for the work you\u2019re doing. I don\u2019t know about you, but I desperately want to live in a world where people can\u2019t be preyed upon and exploited to entertain the sick fantasies of a few.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to donate towards making a difference in Thorn\u2019s fight, you can find a link to their website here.<\/p>\n<p>I pray that Thorn\u2019s fantastic work continues to save lives and identify perpetrators that should be behind bars.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>Share this article on Facebook if you, too, dream of a world wherein children are safe from sex trafficking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Say what you want about Ashton Kutcher as an actor, but he\u2019s proven himself to be a human being of inspiring will and the utmost compassion off-screen&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noa24.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noa24.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noa24.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noa24.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noa24.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/noa24.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2290,"href":"https:\/\/noa24.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288\/revisions\/2290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noa24.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noa24.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noa24.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noa24.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}