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grounded" approach to examining the
ways in which technology has impacted
the human trafficking landscape.
The group's concern is that while the
rise of networked technologies-from
mobile phones to social media sites to
the dark Web-have no doubt modified
the ways in which traffickers and "johns"
engage with underage victims, little
empirical research has been done into
the "cost and benefits" of technology's
role. In other words, while the public
may often be swayed by news stories and
media coverage, as the framework states,
"We do not know if there are more human
trafficking victims as a result of technology, nor do we know if law enforcement

For each facet, the document presents the ways in which technology could
be used by pimps and johns alongside
ways in which technology could be used
Rane Johnson-Stempson,
by victims, NGOs, and law enforceprincipal research director at
ment. As the framework states, "Fears
Microsoft Research Connections.
and anxieties emerge out of concern
that things will get worse as a result of
technology. Yet, new opportunities also
present themselves. Before we wholeheartedly dismiss-or embrace-technology, it's important to understand
how the challenges and opportunities
can identify perpetrators better as a result
are entangled."
of the traces that they leave."
Fellow coauthor danah boyd states, "As
Johnson-Stempson and her felresearchers dedicated to addressing
low researchers, concerned
human trafficking and the
that "new interventions
commercial sexual exploiand policies are being
tation of children, we
Johnsondriven by intuition,
want to make sure
Stempson ran
speculation, and
that the passion that
away from home
extrapolation from
innovative techwhen she was 14, living
highly publicized
nologists are bringin a group home and
incidents," have
ing to the table is
used the framework
directed in the most
foster care before being
to identify 15 facets
helpful ways posemancipated.
of the trafficking probsible." In this way, the
lem, such as "advertising
framework is step one of
and selling of victims" and
a series of research initia"prevention and education."
tives on which Johnson-Stempson and her team have been working.

"Not On Our Services"

Johnson-Stempson and mentee Katie Doran prepare computer science
projects to excite middle school and high school girls to industrial design and
programming.

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Johnson-Stempson wears her dark hair
in a short, edgy cut. When we talk, she
is running in from the grocery store. As
principal research director at Microsoft
Research Connections, an arm of Microsoft that builds research collaborations
with top institutions, think tanks, and
NGOs around the world, she is bright
and passionate about both technology
and social issues, especially the area
where the two collide. She herself ran
away from home when she was 14, living
in a group home and foster care before
being emancipated. "I was fortunate,"
she says, "that no one targeted me or
trapped me into the human trade; living
on the street and working in the human
trade never crossed my mind."



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