Actor Ashton Kutcher in his teary speech shares horrific child sex abuse scenarios before the Senate Committee on Monday. He briefly discusses how offenders use technology as a tool for modern slavery. At the same time, the actor-philanthropist calls for a much more advanced technology to eradicate sex trafficking.
The actor was "visibly emotional" as he delivers his speech according to The Telegraph. The "Beauty and the Geek" producer is an anti-sex-trafficking activist and promotes charitable aid for children exploited by sex offenders. Kutcher co-founded Thorn organization which combats sexual exploitation of children through software.
"I've seen things that no person should ever see", the father of two said in an emotional voice. Kutcher went on and recounts a moment where he has seen the video content of a girl he described as the same age as her daughter being raped by an American man in Cambodia. "The child was so conditioned in her environment that she thought she was engaging in a play", the actor added.
Kutcher also recalls a devastating another incident where he received a phone call from his team asking help for a 7-year-old girl who was videotaped and sexually abused. To make it worse the content was being spread on Dark Web.
"They'd watched her for three years and they could not find the perpetrator, and were asking us for help. We were the last line of defense. An actor and his foundation were the last line of defense!" , Kutcher said choking up with tears.
The actor claimed how the incident devastated and haunted him for life."For the next three months I had to go to sleep every night and think about that little girl that was being abused and the fact that if I built the right thing, we could have saved her," he added.
According to a study conducted by the University of Southern California, the extensive knowledge on digital technologies like social media, smartphones specifically the Internet provide opportunities for the offenders to commit human trafficking. Dark Web, mentioned by Kutcher in his speech, exemplifies how those involve in child exploitations use the Internet as a tool to facilitate their unlawful act.
Prior to his experience, Kutcher promotes the use of a software called "Spotlight". The tool as claimed by Kutcher speeds up investigations by sixty percent. Kutcher believes the use of the software will get better in time. The 39-year-old appeals before the US legislators to support the development of the new technology.
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