Homeland Security partners with Meta to target online sexual exploitation

Sufiyah Yasmine experienced sexual exploitation as a young person. “I didn’t have adults looking out for me, and I pretty much ended up running right into the hands of people who would want to harm me or exploit me,” she said. “I did experience abuse that took place between the ages of 12 through 16.” Now, Yasmine draws on that lived experience as a prevention advocate with Selah Freedom, a Sarasota-based anti-human trafficking nonprofit that helps other survivors who have experienced exploitation and abuse.