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17/03/2026

“Watching my daughter have a panic attack after realizing that these images were created and distributed without any hope of recalling them was heartbreaking”

The Guardian reports:
'A group of three teenage girls, two of whom are minors, filed a lawsuit on Monday against Elon Musk’s xAI artificial intelligence company alleging that its Grok image generator used photos of them to produce and distribute child s*xual abuse material.

“xAI chose to profit off the s*xual predation of real people, including children, despite knowing full well the consequences of creating such a dangerous product,” Vanessa Baehr-Jones, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said in a statement...

One girl, referred to as Jane Doe 1, received a message on Instagram in December from an anonymous user, who alerted her that someone in her social circle had uploaded a series of deepfake videos and images to a Discord server that depicted her and other girls from her high school naked and in s*xualized positions, according to the complaint.

Jane Doe noticed that three of the photos appeared to be AI-altered images of photographs taken while she was a minor, including one from her school’s homecoming celebration. Criminal investigators later also discovered that the images had been shared on the messaging app Telegram, according to the complaint, where they were allegedly being used as a currency to barter for other child s*xual abuse material.

“The images showed her entire body, including her ge****ls, without any clothes. The video depicted her un******ng until she was entirely nude,” the complaint states.'

Full article available in comments.

17/03/2026

What are boys learning about masculinity online right now?

Louis Theroux’s newly released Netflix documentary ‘Inside the Manosphere’ is already generating intense public debate - not just about what it shows, but about what it leaves out.
For good reason.

The manosphere isn’t just a fringe corner of the internet. It’s a profit-driven influencer economy built on outrage, clicks and misogyny.

Attention equals money.
Outrage equals clicks.
Misogyny sells.

And the collateral damage includes the healthy development of boys.

Through our work at Collective Shout, we see the real-world impact of these ideas - including the escalating abuse directed at us online for speaking out about the safety of women and girls.

We've written a review unpacking what the documentary gets right and what it misses.

We’ve also included discussion prompts you can use to help unpack what boys and men are being taught online.

Read our review - link in comments.

16/03/2026

Win! Runkeeper app takes swift action against p**n invitation

Last week, one of our supporters reached out to us after a p**nographic message was transmitted via Runkeeper – an app used to track running.

Clare made a complaint to Runkeeper support:

“I received a notification from Runkeeper that I had been invited to a s*x/p**nographic ‘running group’. No woman should be receiving unsolicited s*xual requests on a fitness app – this is a form of s*xual harassment.”

The following day, Runkeeper responded, saying they had frozen the offending account and implemented changes to ensure it would not happen again.

We welcome this news and applaud Runkeeper for taking swift action. This is our third win for 2026!

16/03/2026

Our Movement Director Melinda Tankard Reist was quoted in The Guardian on the weekend on the new Age Verification laws which took effect in Australia a week ago:

Collective Shout, a longtime campaigner against p**nography, declared victory.
“This day was hard fought for,” Melinda Tankard Reist, the movement director for Collective Shout, said. “Collective Shout and our partners and allies worked hard to bring it to fruition.

“It is a relief to know proof-of-age protections are now in place as one obstacle in the way of young people being exposed to r*pe p**n, torture p**n, in**st p**n and extreme violence and degradation of women.” (Josh Taylor, The Guardian, March 17, 2026)

MTR’s quotes were extracted from a longer statement:

A critical turning point was the open letter we spearheaded, signed by more than 50 women's safety and child protection experts, calling on the Federal Government to reverse its earlier decision against an age verification trial. At the time the PM had called an emergency cabinet meeting to address the epidemic of violence against women. We argued that you couldn't properly address it without addressing the drivers - one established driver of attitudes leading to VAW was consumption of p**nography by the perpetrator.

While not perfect, and there will always be work-arounds, at least there is one obstacle in the way, as opposed to nothing, which was the case before. This means a whole generation of Australian boys will be less exposed to harmful online p**n and give them a better chance of forming healthy, respectful relationships, and not seeing women as merely s*x objects for their gratification. (Data shows Australian adolescent males are committing the highest rates of s*x offending and are the highest cohort of offenders against children).

Of course an AV system doesn't mean an end to what needs to be done to regulate this high-harm industry which has always put vested interests and profits ahead of child protection, women's safety, and survivors. We will continue to work to hold the industry to account for the harm it has caused - for example backing more than 100 survivors who are running civil actions against P*rnhub for hosting and monetising r*pe videos, non-consensual image sharing, child s*xual abuse material and content made from victims of trafficking. We will also continue to educate on the harms of the industry, including in schools.

15/03/2026

"I sent clothes with s*xualised messages on them back!"

Ebay recycled kids clothes seller Michelle - a Collective Shout supporter for 16 years! - shares how our campaign against the s*xualisation of children helped her take action against inappropriate children's fashion.

14/03/2026

Meet our newest pledge partner Wolffe's Floor Coatings! As a family owned and operated business, they have taken a stand for women and girls by signing our pledge - a public commitment to refuse to profit from objectified representations of women and girls in advertising, products and services.

Wolffe's Floor Coatings specialises in commercial and industrial floor coatings. With decades of experience, their expert team delivers durable, sustainable flooring solutions using epoxy, MMA, and polyurethane cement systems designed for high-performance environments. Check them out here: https://wolffes.pulse.ly/9xwojtr0os

If you are a business that believes women and girls deserve to be treated with respect and dignity, head to the link below and sign the pledge. Our supporters will be pleased to do business with you!

12/03/2026

Flashback Friday! Remember when a Melbourne BBQ company was forced to remove violent anti-women promo in less than 24 hours after our campaign in 2020?

Concerned supporter Darren Cunningham alerted us to the 'Boss Hogg' promo - an image depicting a woman bound with an apple shoved in her mouth, about to be roasted alive by a monstrous male-pig figure.

We called out Boss Hogg for thinking this violent, misogynist advertising was perfect to promote its barbecue-themed products.

We argued that the advertising contributed to normalising violence against women and shared the disturbing image on Facebook with details on how to make complaints.

After floods of complaints poured in across its pages, and negative reviews posted, the company – which initially deleted every negative comment – recognised the self-inflicted harm being done to its brand. Late the same afternoon it issued an apology saying the imagery had now been taken out of circulation.

We were so encouraged by the quick response of our supporters. Many of you took action – and that’s why we were able to secure this win so quickly!

12/03/2026

We are pleased to welcome Ollie's Echo: Pathways to Prevention Ltd as a Collective Shout pledge partner.

Ollie's Echo is dedicated to raising awareness and preventing eating disorders, particularly anorexia, in boys.

Founded by Mia Bannister in memory of her son Ollie Hughes, Ollie's Echo seeks to empower young people and their families with the knowledge, support, and resources they need to navigate the complexities of eating disorders.

By signing our CSR pledge, Ollie's Echo has publicly committed to refuse to profit from objectified representations of women and girls in advertising, products and services. In doing so, they have taken a clear stand for women and girls everywhere.

If you are a business that believes women and girls deserve to be treated with respect and dignity, head to the link below and sign the pledge. Our supporters will be pleased to do business with you!

Visit the link in comments for more info.

11/03/2026

*Content warning* From child s*x abuse dolls to real children

Recent news reports have documented three separate cases where Australian men who owned child s*x abuse dolls escalated to preying on real children.

NSW man Brendon James Brooks was found in possession of five CSA doll torsos, child s*xual abuse material, knives, rope and a list of local residents with small children and images of children taken from social media. He had been seen loitering outside schools.

Perth CSA doll owner Jason William Forbes was jailed following his plan to kidnap a child and keep them in his sound-proofed attic. He had scoped out local schools and childcare centres and marked them on a map, and researched how to approach, isolate and restrain a child.

An alleged associate of accused Melbourne daycare predator Joshua Brown, Matthew Green, has been charged for multiple s*xual offences against children, as well as more than a dozen acts of b*stiality.

Green has been accused of s*xually p*netrating and touching a child on more than a dozen occasions, producing child abuse material and possessing two childlike s*x dolls.

CSA dolls normalise and legitimise men’s s*xual use and abuse of children, encouraging child s*xual abuse and leading to an escalation in offending.

We are calling on Amazon.com to stop facilitating crimes against children and ban child s*x abuse dolls from their platform.

Take action today – more info in comments.

10/03/2026

Catch Campaigns Manager Caitlin Roper talking about digital s*xploitation on the Red Light Exposé podcast.

10/03/2026

Amazon still sells child s*x abuse dolls – but sellers are getting sneakier

Amazon CSA doll sellers are engaging in deceptive tactics to conceal the childlike nature of their dolls – even where some are advertised alongside soft toys.

We previously exposed a CSA doll advertised on Amazon with a childlike face and long blonde pigtails.

While the listing was removed two weeks ago, it re-emerged days later, but this time with the doll’s face and pigtails cropped out of the image – an apparent attempt to obscure its childlike features.

We exposed Amazon selling CSA dolls four months ago, and we continue to find more every week.

Take action – use our action button in the comments to email Amazon execs and let them know they need to ban CSA dolls from their platform.

10/03/2026

WIN! NBA cancels Atlanta Hawks strip club collab

A short time ago, the Atlanta Hawks announced via social media that the NBA has cancelled its March 16 "Magic City Monday" strip club collaboration.

Last week, we expressed our support for San Antonio Spurs center Luke Kornet who penned an open letter calling for the cancellation of the strip club-sponsored all-ages game night. Hundreds of you also backed Luke, leaving likes, comments and sharing our post - and tagging the Hawks' major sponsor, State Farm.

We are pleased that the NBA responded positively, favouring community members over vested interests of the exploitative and harmful s*x industry.

Thanks for backing Luke! We need more men like him in professional league sport, standing up for women and girls, and against s*xploitation.

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