Fetisov Journalism Awards 2024
Shortlist
Category: Contribution to Civil Rights
Katie McQue (USA)
Series on use of social media platforms to exploit and traffic children
The Guardian
February 1st, 2024
The original publication is available via the following link:
‘If Instagram didn’t exist, it wouldn’t have happened’: a mother’s search for her trafficked daughter
‘Pimps’ use Instagram to glorify sexual violence and abuse, investigation finds
How Facebook Messenger and Meta Pay are used to buy child sexual abuse material
Revealed: US police prevented from viewing many online child sexual abuse reports, lawyers say
Battle lines drawn as US states take on big tech with online child safety bills
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/15/online-child-safety-bills-big-tech
‘It was forced’: grieving parents unfazed by sorry tech CEOs at US Senate hearing
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/feb/01/parents-tech-ceos-us-senate-hearing