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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 23, 2025 WASHINGTON – RAINN, the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization, applauds today’s introduction of the Statutes of Limitation for Child Sexual Abuse Reform Act (H.R.2920) by Representative Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) and Representative María Elvira Salazar (R-FL). This bipartisan bill would incentivize states to remove both civil and criminal statutes of limitations for child sexual abuse cases and expand access to justice by reviving previously time-barred claims. “I am a survivor…

Survivors speak out on Capitol Hill, sharing courage and calling for justice to stop sexual violence and support all survivors.

RAINN, the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization, has a problem with Grok’s new generative AI video tool’s “spicy” mode, which allows any user to create nude images and commit tech-enabled sexual abuse. According to The Verge’s Jess Weatherbed: “While other video generators like Google’s Veo and OpenAI’s Sora have safeguards in place to prevent users from creating NSFW content and celebrity deepfakes, Grok Imagine is happy to do both simultaneously. In fact, it didn’t hesitate…

As the Senate Judiciary Committee Sept. 15 heard from brave witnesses including gymnasts Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Maggie Nichols, and McKayla Maroney in a hearing on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) handling of the Larry Nassar case Opens in a new tab↗, RAINN and 12 other organizations urged the committee members to take action to rescue children experiencing abuse and prevent their retraumatization during the investigative process. According to a recent Department of Justice (DOJ) report,…

President Trump signed the TAKE IT DOWN Act into law, establishing the first-ever federal protections for survivors of tech-enabled sexual abuse. The law makes it a federal crime to knowingly share or threaten to share nonconsensual intimate images (NCII)—including AI-generated deepfakes—and requires platforms to remove them within 48 hours of a survivor’s verified request. TAKE IT DOWN passed in a landslide of bipartisan support, marking a major milestone in protecting survivors and creating a safer…

Campaign Kicks Off During April’s Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse and Support Survivors in their Healing Washington, D.C. (April 19, 2023) – RAINN, the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization, and 11:11 Media Impact, the charitable division of Paris Hilton’s next-gen media company 11:11 Media, today announced a new partnership aimed at preventing child sexual abuse. The collaboration will focus on messaging and social media campaigns that educate the public…

Washington, D.C. (May 11, 2023) – RAINN released the following statement celebrating the Senate Judiciary Committee’s passage of the SHIELD Act and the Project Safe Childhood Act, days after survivors representing RAINN and ECPAT-USA held meetings on Capitol Hill: Ahead of yesterday’s markup Opens in a new tab↗and passage of landmark sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse legislation, the SHIELD Act and the Project Safe Childhood Act Opens in a new tab↗, RAINN partnered with…

Washington, D. C. (June 18, 2024) – RAINN, along with Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), and the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) held a press conference introducing the Take It Down Act. The Take it Down Act would establish a new criminal offense for the distribution of non-consensual AI-generated intimate images. The bill further supports survivors by requiring online platforms remove these harmful images within 48…

The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) has recognized RAINN’s website for inclusion in its historical collections of web content. This recognition is part of NLM’s vital mission to collect, preserve, and make available materials that provide valuable information in medicine and public health while documenting their histories. NLM’s web archive collections play a crucial role in contributing to the historical record, capturing information that might otherwise be lost in the ever-changing digital landscape. As…

Washington, D.C. – RAINN released the following statement today after the January 2, 2023 and January 3, 20223 airing of Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly Part III: The Final Chapter, which featured RAINN’s National Sexual Assault Hotline, 800.656.HOPE (4673) and hotline.RAINN.org. “Following the premiere of Surviving R. Kelly III: The Final Chapter, calls to RAINN’s National Sexual Assault Hotline increased 46%. Many of the survivors who called had never told anyone what happened before speaking with…

On April 1, coinciding with the first day of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, RAINN applauded new guidance released today from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Opens in a new tab↗ that advises teaching hospitals to obtain written informed consent from patients before they undergo sensitive examinations while under anesthesia, like a pelvic, breast, rectal, or prostate exam, for teaching purposes. “This letter from HHS is a critical leap forward…

In response to the charges of racketeering, conspiracy, and sex trafficking against Sean “Diddy” Combs, RAINN released the following statement: “The scale of the allegations against Combs is truly stunning. I’m grateful to U.S. Attorney Damian Williams for pursuing this case so aggressively,” said Scott Berkowitz, RAINN founder and president. “Cases against the famous and powerful are watched very closely by survivors across the country. This indictment sends a clear message that every survivor deserves…