Colby May
Colby M. May is Senior Counsel and Director of the Washington Office of the ACLJ. May represents members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate on legislative initiatives involving national security, abortion, marriage, and pornography. With the ACLJ since 1994, May emphasizes federal litigation, regulatory proceedings, communications and technology, non-profit tax issues, and Fir ...
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Episode 88: “Enough is Enough” with Donna Rice Hughes and Colby May
Some of society’s problems are just so upsetting that it’s hard to imagine that they continue to exist, or in fact, are spreading. Well, this episode explores one of the worst: Internet child pornography and sex trafficking. Internet pornography been called the largest unregulated social experiment in history. Ushered it into the cultural mainstream, it enjoys increasingly widespread acceptance. But while it’s well known that the internet has been hijacked by the sex industry, what’s less understood is that it provides children free and easy access to all types of pornography, and sexual predators’ easy and anonymous access to children. “Much of the content that is out there is hardcore, it’s extreme. Kids under 10 years old are getting hooked on it, addicted to it. And it’s free. It’s mostly prosecutable under U.S. law. But it’s not being prosecuted. Then you’ve got sex trafficking, which is one of the largest organized crime businesses in the United States,” says Donna Rice Hughes, CEO of Enough Is Enough. The New York Times reports that last year, tech companies reported over 45 million […]
about Colby
Colby M. May is Senior Counsel and Director of the Washington Office of the ACLJ. May represents members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate on legislative initiatives involving national security, abortion, marriage, and pornography. With the ACLJ since 1994, May emphasizes federal litigation, regulatory proceedings, communications and technology, non-profit tax issues, and First Amendment law.
May, a graduate of the George Mason University School of Law, has argued, participated in, or acted as amici curiae counsel in several landmark cases including Branch Ministries, Inc. v. Richardson, Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe, Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, National Interfaith Cable v. FCC, and National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley.
He also serves on the board of directors of many civic organizations including the Enterprise Development International, Inc. – a public charity fostering development in emerging countries, and Enough is Enough! – a pro-family organization working to make the Internet safe for children.