Attorney general teams with Yahoo!, Polaris Project to fight human trafficking, help victims online
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris on Monday announced an innovative program with Yahoo! and Polaris Project to combat human trafficking by harnessing the power of the Internet to direct users to the national human trafficking hotline whenever certain terms related to human trafficking are searched through Yahoo!.
The goal of the initiative is to identify more victims of human trafficking by connecting survivors and community members to resources and support.
This program with Yahoo! and Polaris Project will provide Internet users with the National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) hotline number when they search for specific words or phrases.
If key search terms such as “human trafficking” are used when using Yahoo! Search, Internet users will see a banner that states: “Call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center at 1-888-373-7888 to report sex trafficking, forced labor, or to get help.”
The Attorney General’s Office has also made available a Web site widget for download so that operators of any Web site can display a similar banner, which can be found at http://oag.ca.gov/widgets/human-trafficking .
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