Episode 337: The (Hollow) Sound of Freedom

James and I both went to see the recent box office hit, The Sound of Freedom. I liked it. James didn’t. But we both were appalled at what appear to be seriously distorted claims made in the film about human trafficking.

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Topic of the Week Human trafficking defined https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-trafficking-in-persons-report/

World data on human trafficking (p. 78)

https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Trafficking-in-Persons-Report-2023.pdf

US data on human trafficking

https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/human-trafficking-data-collection-activities-2022

Fraction of children in human trafficking (p. 48)

https://www.unodc.org/documents/Global_Report_on_TIP.pdf

Drug trafficking statistics

https://www.ussc.gov/research/quick-facts/drug-trafficking

Critique of Sound of Freedom

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/sound-of-freedom-child-trafficking-experts-1234786352/

The claimed stats at the end of Sound of Freedom

https://www.looper.com/1343442/sound-of-freedom-ending-explained/

Quick Hits

AI and telemarketers

https://www.wsj.com/articles/people-hire-phone-bots-to-torture-telemarketers-2dbb8457

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