His resignation comes amid backlash over his support of Danny Masterson
Ashton Kutcher during the 2022 TCS New York City Marathon on Nov. 6, 2022 in New York City.Kutcher, who in his letter of support for Masterson called himself"an actor, investor, philanthropist, and most importantly a father," and Kunis
, one of the victims texted him the following reaction: “This video was incredibly insulting and hurtful. My hope is that they learn radical accountability and the importance of self-education to learn when to keep their privilege in check — especially Ashton, who claims to work with victims of sex crimes. And as to Mila, I can only think of ‘Times Up.'”
Accurate figures on how many children are coerced into performing sex acts are hard to come by, but according to the, 1.3 million children worldwide were in some form of forced labor in 2021, and more than half of them were in"forced commercial sexual exploitation.
"To date, Thorn has helped the tech industry remove over 2 million potential child sexual abuse files from the open web helping to end the cycle of abuse and stop revictimization," says the organization in a statement accepting Kutcher's resignation while also seeking its sponsors' and partners' continued support."We would not be the Thorn that we are today without Ashton’s contributions.
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