RantCrush Top 5: February 15, 2017

This morning, actor Ashton Kutcher testified at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing about ending modern slavery and human trafficking. Many people might not know that Kutcher co-founded a tech organization, Thorn, that aims to fight sexual exploitation of children.

“For years now, Thorn has been committed to building tech tools to combat child sexual exploitation and facilitating collaborations across [the] tech industry to disrupt these crimes. We have no intention of stopping until we win this battle,” Kutcher said in a statement. This hearing comes ahead of the fifth annual Shine a Light on Slavery Day, which is February 23. After the hearing, Senator John McCain thanked Kutcher and also jokingly said, “You were better looking in the movies.” Kutcher responded by blowing him a kiss.

Appreciate @aplusk @thorn & @ecmassimino @humanrights1st‘s commitment to the #enditmovement & support of #EndSlaveryAct pic.twitter.com/RpJ9YH5mYH

— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) February 15, 2017

Emma Von Zeipel

Emma Von Zeipel is a staff writer at Law Street Media. She is originally from one of the islands of Stockholm, Sweden. After working for Democratic Voice of Burma in Thailand, she ended up in New York City. She has a BA in journalism from Stockholm University and is passionate about human rights, good books, horses, and European chocolate. Contact Emma at EVonZeipel@LawStreetMedia.com.