Laila Mickelwait's Fight to Shut Down Pornhub, Pt. 2

Consider Before Consuming

Trigger Warning

*The following episode contains descriptions of disturbing porn themes, discussions of child sexual abuse and sex trafficking. Listener discretion is advised

Laila Mickelwait is an anti-trafficking activist, Founder and CEO of the Justice Defense Fund, Founder of the Traffickinghub movement, and author of "Take Down: Inside the Fight to Shut Down PornHub for Child Abuse, Rape, and Sex Trafficking,”

In this Consider Before Consuming podcast episode, Laila continues to share about her efforts to expose and combat illegal content on Pornhub, including the fight to hold credit card companies accountable.

Fight the New Drug is a non-religious and non-legislative awareness and education organization. Some of the issues discussed in this episode may be legislatively-affiliated. Though our organization is non-legislative, we fully support the fights against already illegal forms of pornography and sexual exploitation and against sex trafficking.

Episode Resources

Laila's Book: Takedown

Traffickinghub Petition

Justice Defense Fund

Laila's Article: Why Are Visa And Mastercard Still Doing Business with Pornhub?

FTND Resource: Porn and Sex Trafficking

Podcast: Consider Before Consuming, Ep. 35: Nikolas Kristof

Article: What's Going on with Pornhub?

Nikolas Kristof's Article: The Children of Pornhub

Sheelah Kolhatkar's Article: The Fight to Hold Pornhub Accountable