July 16, 2015 Cazzie Reyes Opinion
Robots and Trafficking
The show Humans depicts robots as domestic helpers, crop harvesters and sex workers and poses ethical questions revolving around inhumane treatment and exploitation.
In 2010 Kevin Bales gave an incredible TED Talk on the business of modern day slavery. He gave estimates on the cost to free all the slaves in the world today. This infographic is a representation of the estimates mentioned in that talk.
The Global Business Coalition Against Human Trafficking has released an interactive map of anti-trafficking organizations.
Noy Thrupkaew is a global journalist that reports on human trafficking. Watch her TED talk that shares another perspective on the underlying issues that enable human trafficking.