Urge Your Senators to Pass FOSTA-SESTA
It's time to stop selling human beings online. FOSTA-SESTA is a bipartisan bill which provides a pathway to justice for survivors of trafficking. Thanks to your support, the bill has passed the House and now will be headed to the Senate Floor for a vote.
To help take this effort over the finish line, we are asking you to call/Tweet/Facebook your Senators to confirm they will vote YES when FOSTA-SESTA comes to the Senate Floor. Read on to take action and learn more about this historic bipartisan movement to end trafficking and exploitation online.
What does FOSTA-SESTA do?
Allows victims of sex trafficking to seek justice against websites that knowingly facilitated the crimes against them.
- Eliminates special federal liability loopholes for websites that assist in the violation of federal sex trafficking laws.
Enables state law enforcement officials to take action against individuals or businesses that violate federal sex trafficking laws.
TAKE ACTION
CALL YOUR SENATORs
We need a barrage of positive calls to Senate members. Please call 202-225-3121 and you will be transferred to your Senator’s office.
Sample script for call: "My name is ___ and I live in _____ (State). I am calling to thank Senator ______ for supporting the FOSTA-SESTA package and I am calling to confirm that she/he will vote YES so that survivors and states finally will have the legal tools to hold websites accountable for knowingly facilitating human trafficking. Thank you."
Raise Awareness on Social Media — Sample TWEETS and POSTS
Please call your Senator today at 202-225-3121 to vote YES on #FOSTA #SESTA: https://vimeo.com/249095210 #ListenToSurvivors #IamJaneDoe #MyFreedomDay #My FreedomDay
@SenSchumer please support a clean #SESTA #FOSTA to help children and survivors get the justice they deserve. #NoAmendments #ListenToSurvivors #IamJaneDoe #MyFreedomDay
@SenateMajLdr it's time to bring a clean #FOSTA #SESTA to the Senate Floor for a vote. #NoAmendments #IamJanDoe #ListentoSurvivors #MyFreedomDay
Hoping that @SenatorEWarren and @SenMarkey read the 1st Circuit DOE opinion to fully understand #FOSTA #SESTA, which affects their own constituents. Please vote YES. #ListentoSurvivors #IamJaneDoe #MyFreedomDay #NoAmendments
@SenatorCantwell – one of the Backpage cases involved Seattle Jane Does. Please read 1st Circuit DOE decision and then vote YES on #FOSTA #SESTA #ListentoSurvivors #IamJaneDoe #MyFreedomDay #NoAmendments
Asking @SenatorLeahy and @SenSanders to please vote YES on #FOSTA #SESTA and help create a pathway for justice for survivors #IamJaneDoe #ListentoSurvivors #MyFreedomDay #NoAmendments
Please go to http://bit.ly/2IsA3o4 and sign the petition by @Change for a clean #FOSTA #SESTA with #NoAmendments. #IamJaneDoe #ListentoSurvivors #MyFreedomDay
Thank you @ManhattanDA for calling on the US Senate to protect victims of online trafficking and hold companies that knowingly facilitate online trafficking accountable. #FOSTA #SESTA #IamJaneDoe #ListentoSurvivors #MyFreedomDay @sffny @TR_Foundation @Monique_Villa @Fond_Selles


