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Marcel van der Watt

@Marcel_HT

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Husband | President, @NCOSE | Ph.D. | Former Sex Trafficking Investigator & Hostage Negotiator | Keynote | Author | #EndDemand #ListentoSurvivors 🇺🇸🌎

Washington, D.C.
Joined June 2018
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@heinzsight2020
Andrea Heinz
6 days
What a wonderful conference put on by @EmpowerMenCan over the last 2 days in Winnipeg, Manitoba! I saw/met so many great people, and finally got the pleasure of meeting @UNSRVAW and @Marcel_HT in person. Headed home tomorrow with renewed energy and optimism. 🙂✊🥰
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@NCOSE
National Center on Sexual Exploitation
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In the latest episode of the Ending Sexploitation Podcast, "Epstein Survivor Reacts to Release of Files", @TeresaJHelm reflects on what the Epstein revelations mean for accountability, child protection, and the urgent need to rebuild systems that put survivors first. Listen to
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@NCOSE
National Center on Sexual Exploitation
14 days
Today, National Center on Sexual Exploitation applauds the House’s passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act — a powerful step toward accountability for survivor voices and ending sex-trafficking networks. Now, the Senate must act. President Trump has pledged to sign: justice
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The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) said that the passage of the “Epstein Files Transparency Act” is a step forward for justice for survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislane Maxwell’s...
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@NCOSE
National Center on Sexual Exploitation
15 days
Megyn Kelly’s recent comments on Jeffrey Epstein dangerously minimize the reality of child sexual abuse by drawing arbitrary age lines that dismiss survivors’ experiences. At NCOSE, we stand firm: exploitation at any age is abuse—full stop. Survivors deserve truth, dignity, and
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The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) says that Megyn Kelly’s recent comments about whether Jeffrey Epstein qualifies as a pedophile based on the ages of his victims dangerously downpl...
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@NCOSE
National Center on Sexual Exploitation
15 days
NCOSE was honored to brief the National Security Council, Domestic Policy Council, Homeland Security Council, and other senior White House officials on sextortion—one of the fastest-growing threats to Americans. We called for immediate collaboration among government, tech
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@NCOSE
National Center on Sexual Exploitation
19 days
We were glad to welcome @IainCorby from the Age Verification Providers Association to our DC office yesterday to speak with our team about the progress of age verification efforts in the UK and how these protections could help safeguard children online worldwide. #NCOSE
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@lynns_warriors
Lynn's Warriors
21 days
The rallying cry of Legal Warrior @Christen_P5, Senior Counsel @NCOSE @NCOSElaw is we must all stand with and support victims and survivors of all forms of sexual exploitation. #justice @DaniBPinter @EKGaetan @Marcel_HT
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@NCOSE
National Center on Sexual Exploitation
25 days
This morning, NCOSE’s @Marcel_HT, @EkGaetan, @HaleyMcnamara, & @Christen_P5 entered the White House to brief the Domestic Policy Council and National Security Council on the growing crisis of sexual extortion. We are grateful for the opportunity to advocate for stronger
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@NCOSE
National Center on Sexual Exploitation
25 days
Today was an important step forward. Our team at NCOSE was invited to the White House to brief senior officials, including the National Security Council, Homeland Security, and more about the crisis of sextortion—affecting kids and adults across the country and around the world.
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@NCOSE
National Center on Sexual Exploitation
2 months
Big Tech offered us money … Lots of it. We said NO. Hear why. The safety of children and those who are vulnerable is non negotiable! Join 2500+ defenders supporting this mission. Become one today, link below. 👇 https://t.co/713efTtGXk #BigTech #Ethics #Fundraising
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@NCOSE
National Center on Sexual Exploitation
3 months
Today NCOSE’s @EkGaetan & @Marcel_HT met with @HHSGov leaders—including Kevin Malone, Senior Advisor on Human Trafficking—to discuss the Administration’s anti-trafficking priorities and the serious health harms of child sexual abuse material & early sexual exposure. #NCOSE #HHS
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@EkGaetan
Eleanor K. Gaetan
3 months
Abused by Epstein at age 14. 😭#StandWithSurvivors
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@HaleyMcNamara
Haley McNamara
3 months
Amazing how investigation & threat of accountability could be a motivation for Meta to fix their problems…. 👀 (This is why we need to Sunset Section 230 of the CDA + #PassKOSA)
@HawleyMO
Josh Hawley
3 months
Because they’re now under investigation - by my committee
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@EkGaetan
Eleanor K. Gaetan
3 months
Bravo! @NCOSE
@LailaMickelwait
Laila Mickelwait
3 months
BREAKING: The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has charged P*rnhub and its owners for deceiving the public by claiming the site content was legal, while knowing it was infested with criminal child sexual abuse material, rape and trafficking. #Traffickinghub
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@EkGaetan
Eleanor K. Gaetan
4 months
🩵💜Love to you @MichKelly8 No One should have non consensual explicit images posted online! Hopefully, #TakeItDownAct will help w/this terrible crime. @HaleyMcNamara @DaniBPinter @Marcel_HT @Christen_P5 @NCOSElaw
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@lynns_warriors
Lynn's Warriors
4 months
Incredible presentation by ⁦@Marcel_HT⁩, President/CEO @NCOSE at the ‘Dignity Mandate Summit’ who teaches us how we should think about human trafficking when we wake up each day. Thank you ⁦@tanyaforVA⁩, Dir. of Anti-Human Trafficking for the ⁦VA AG’s for Summit.
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@ExodusCry
Exodus Cry
4 months
Porn is the gateway drug to sex buying.
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@NCOSE
National Center on Sexual Exploitation
4 months
Mark your calendars! August 14th at 3:00 pm est, the Twitter Ruling will be Explained! Use the link below to register!👇 https://t.co/IT27e7CaH1 #webinar #NCOSE #endexploitation #twitter #twitterruling #section230
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@EkGaetan
Eleanor K. Gaetan
4 months
🔥🔥🔥My #badass @NCOSElaw colleagues defending teens exploited by Twitter, which monetized #ChildPornography made of them by a predator on Snapchat. Case proceeds based on negligence, although #CDA230 is still being used to shield criminality …@JonSchweppe @joellthayer
@DaniBPinter
Dani Pinter
4 months
🚨BREAKING: Case on behalf of child exploitation victims will proceed against X!!! @NCOSE @Christen_P5 @pgentala Thread 👇 https://t.co/yzrF1bVj7w
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