Netflix's Baby accused of glamorizing teen sex trafficking
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The National Center on Sexual Exploitation says the Italian series that Netflix is dropping on Friday "normalizes child sexual abuse and the sex trafficking of minors as 'prostitution.'" Earlier this year, the group joined survivors of sex trafficking, social service providers and advocates for the abolition of sexual exploitation in expressing concern over Baby, which has a TV-MA rating. “Despite being at ground zero of the #MeToo movement, Netflix appears to have gone completely tone-deaf on the realities of sexual exploitation,” says Dawn Hawkins, executive director of the The National Center on Sexual Exploitation. “Despite the outcry from survivors of sex trafficking, subject matter experts, and social service providers, Netflix promotes sex trafficking by insisting on streaming Baby. Clearly, Netflix is prioritizing profits over victims of abuse.”
