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PREVENTATIVE STEPS SOCIAL NETWORKS, SUCH AS FACEBOOK, TAKE AGAINST SEX TRAFFICKING

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

OpenSIUC

Research Papers, Graduate School

Winter 12-2020

Alliyah Bridges

abridges1031 ‘at’ siu.edu

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Recommended Citation Bridges, Alliyah. “PREVENTATIVE STEPS SOCIAL NETWORKS, SUCH AS FACEBOOK, TAKE AGAINST SEX TRAFFICKING.” (Winter 2020).

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  1. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  2. DEDICATION
  3. PREFACE
  4. TABLE OF CONTENTS
  5. LIST OF FIGURES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I’d like to thank to my Professor, Bridget Lescelius, on her dedication in helping me with this research. Thank you to my family for supporting me on this journey, and my husband for being their when I needed him most tackling sensitive subjects.

DEDICATION

This research is dedicated to the strong voices that fought for their voice to be heard. May they continue to strive to seeking freedom.

PREFACE

The increasing use of social media enables predators to seek out and recruit victims through social networking sites. The overall goal is outsmarting their manipulation on users by understanding and exposing their techniques to families and communities.

Social media network, in particular Facebook, are a feeding ground for sexual predators with the use of media as a tool to lure, recruit, and control victims. Knowing the process of recruiting for online sex trafficking will protect users and be more aware of the dangers on social media. With a sex trafficking lawsuit pending against Facebook, the social media network needs to be more proactive in providing better security for its users or risk legal ramifications.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  • DEDICATION

  • PREFACE

  • LIST OF FIGURES

  • CHAPTERS

    • CHAPTER 1 – Sex Trafficking in America Through Facebook

    • CHAPTER 2 – Methodology

    • CHAPTER 3 – Results

    • CHAPTER 4 – Discussion

    • CHAPTER 5 – Summary

  • REFERENCES

  • APPENDIX – Questionnaire

  • VITA

LIST OF FIGURES

  • Figure 1 – Reporting Sexual Predators

  • Figure 2 – Strangers on Social Media

Table of contents