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Lately, it seems nearly every hour we hear about how A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) is affecting our lives.  Trying to comprehend what that means to all of us on our day to day lives, and more important, how to protect our children while preparing them to live in a digitally altered world, could be one of the great challenges of all time.  This week we will look at several cases where kids have be...

All of us are in denial about something.  Maybe we don't believe the scale when we weigh in, we are sure we made more money than we spent last year, or our kids are the most brilliant in their class.  Denial can be a great coping mechanism.  Sometimes we minimize the situation, or we simply refuse to acknowledge the seriousness of the issue.     Denial is often a coping mechanism for victims o...

The weather is hot, the political conventions are broadcasting twenty-four seven, and I am receiving over 50 texts and emails an hour.  There are constant allegations about a lack of factual truth, disinformation, misinformation, and bold faced lies. In a recent conversation with a long-time friend, we discussed what life will be like for our children and how do we prepare them to live in a world...

Million Kids has been combating sex and labor trafficking in Southern California for many years.  People often ask us if it is getting better or worse.  The answer is clear.  Human trafficking and online exploitation are more prolific, more violent, and more egregious than we have ever seen it. There are many factors driving this increase of activity.  California legislators have enacted laws such...

Million Kids has been combating sex and labor trafficking in Southern California for many years. People often ask us if it is getting better or worse.  The answer is clear.  Human trafficking and online exploitation are more prolific, more violent, and more egregious than we have ever seen it. How does a person end up as a victim of trafficking? Seduced, Groomed and Recruited             Gang Traf...

We all watched in horror as a former President of the United States was wounded in an assignation attempt by a 20-year-oldyoung man with no history of violence who decided to take other people’s lives.  There were many other crimes that received lesser attention and yet they also altered other people’s lives.  Headlines sharing how sexually explicit AI Deepfakes were sent around high schools and r...

Most adults would be appalled and intimidated at the thought of posting a nude image of themselves online.  But honesty, for young people it is often seen as a routine act of socializing.  A research study conducted by a highly respected company, Thorn.org shows that 1 in 5 teenagers report having shared a nude image of themselves.  And 1 in 7 pre-teens have shared a nude image of themselves.   Bu...

It seems like nearly every day we hear another story of how A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) is being used to in ways we never imagined.  It is hard to tell if that is good news or bad news.  For certain the future, as we know it, will be drastically different.  Your host, Opal Singleton, discusses the impact on how crimes will be perpetrated using A.I.  We will also explore how law enforcement will...

There is much discussion these days about how Artificial Intelligence will be used to gather information and generate new information that will influence our thinking, get us to purchase goods, or create images that can be used to blackmail innocent individuals. The Million Kids Team constantly conducts research and we are in the process of creating short form videos and media that will help prote...

Million Kids has been educating the public about sex trafficking for over 14 years now.  We have seen many changes taking place in how predators and pimps operate, how they recruit innocent victims, and how they control a victim once they have brought them into a life of sex trafficking.  During the past 12 months, we have witnessed historic changes in the crime of sex trafficking in ways that we...

Sextortion has long been recognized as a hideous crime where individuals are lured into sending a nude or illicit image to a salacious new friend online and the blackmail begins.  Historically, sextortion often focused on young girls and that were coerced into continuing to send nude and erotic photos to their online blackmailers.  Those photos were used by underground pedophiles to buy, sell and...

THE ACCELERATING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY AND MAKING SENSE OF : MASS AUDIENCE LIVE STREAMING GLOBAL DIGITAL CURRENCY GEO LOCATION SOFTWARE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Gone are the days when our kids talk to only people they know online. The past several months have seen an expansion (and explosion) of technologies that it is hard to keep up with. Mass audience live streaming, global digital currency, artif...

Recently, the DEA, along with Law Enforcement Agencies in Riverside City and County, announced a major fentanyl bust worth more than $16 million.  "Operation Hotline Bling" dealt a major blow to the Sinaloa Cartels culminating in at least 15 arrests and a monumental seizure of illicit drugs.   According to the DEA, for the first time in history, fatal overdoses reached 112,000 deaths. Yo...

The past two years has brought a plethora of technological advances that is enough to make our heads spin.  Only when you step back and examine all the types of technology advancements can you begin to understand the impact on our day to day lives and how to prepare our young people to live in a global online community.     The FBI and Child Crime Prevention and Safety Center state that there are...

Did you know that every week Million Kids publishes all the latest information, stories, trends, technologies, legislation, arrests and prosecutions etc related to sex and labor trafficking and social media exploitation.  It is one of the most comprehensive information resources available for anyone interested in combating these crimes.  To sign up to receive this resource, simply go to www. Milli...

Opal Singleton is the author of a book with the same title that shares about how predators use online relationships to create a false narrative about engaging in a caring and supportive relationships, then using that fantasy to groom and exploit their victims.  The basics of online seduction are still the same but technology transformations have greatly accelerated the access to victims, facilitat...

Fear is an interesting emotion.  Fear can be a great motivator or it can paralyze you, or even seduce you into making questionable and knee jerk decisions. With informed and well thought out solutions, fear can keep you safe. Fear can be generated from your own “self talk” like “I am not good enough or I will probably screw this up again”. With 24 hour news and social media we are bombarded by the...

There is a new phenomenon that will eventually affect most of our lives, and yet it seems to be getting little attention.  We now live our lives on a global level and while that may have many good advantages, it also comes with a high level likelihood that all of us, including our kids will be exposed to global organized criminal organizations without ever leaving our homes. In the past few months...

Never in our lifetime have we as a society experienced so much change related to technology.  The past two years are unprecedented for a technology transformation. Over the past twenty-four to thirty-six months, we have watched as new technologies like mass audience live streaming, artificial intelligence, digital currencies, geo location software, and global 5G high speed internet have created gl...

Tonya Holt is a very special lady who has worked alongside Million Kids for several years in our efforts to keep kids safe from predators. Tonya lives in the Bakersfield, CA area and she and her husband David serve in Oildale at the Church Without Walls. Tonya is a Pastoral Counselor and the area the church serves is rampant with drug use, homelessness and many challenges related to mental health...

Adults all over the world ask the same question.  What is it about today’s young people that makes them think it is ok to send a “nude” to a total stranger.  The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) reports that they have processed more than 30 million potential reports of online child nudity or sexual abuse materials.  After researching many of those report NCMEC states that...

According to California Senator Shannon Grove: “California is a hot bed for human trafficking and consistently ranks number one in cases reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline.  Human trafficking is among the world’s fastest growing criminal enterprises and is estimated to be a $150 billion-a-year global industry”.  Southern California often leads the nation in the number of cases. Aft...

Many people are not aware of just how violent and serious sex trafficking is in the Inland Empire.  During this week's show we examine the latest case involving serious injury to young girls that were being coerced and exploited by a now convicted pimp, 35 year old Christian Scott Meeks.  During the testimony at the sentencing hearing, it was disclosed that Meeks assaulted vulnerable young wom...

This week, Opal Singleton has an exceptional guest, Michelle Balderas, Rock Church in San Bernardino.  Together they talk about the plans for an event to educate parents and teens about raising the awareness on the dangers associated with social media. This event is designed to provide breakout sessions for teens and parents from some of the leading experts on human trafficking, social media explo...

In this show we continue our series on sharing our research on the latest trend in sextortion schemes that mercilessly target our teens, most are males.  The perpetrators are from third world countries that now have sophisticated high-tech apps, dating sites,  video gaming chat rooms and money transfer capability,  where they can meet kids and seduce them into exchanging illicit images. This is al...