Youth-Led Solution to Platform Exploitation

Date: November 26, 2025

Prepared for: Leading Technology, Social Media, and E-Commerce Platforms

Prepared by: The Score4Freedom National Initiative

Executive Summary

Digital platforms face unprecedented risks associated with human trafficking, exploitation, and cyberbullying.

These crises erode public trust, trigger regulatory scrutiny, and inflict severe brand damage.

This proposal outlines a strategic partnership with the Score4Freedom (S4F) National Initiative that transforms corporate risk into community leadership. By integrating S4F's proven, peer-led values-based safety model, partner companies can achieve three critical objectives:

Three Critical Objectives

Effective PR & Reputation Management

Shift the narrative from corporate liability to proactive social responsibility.

Restored Consumer Confidence

Authentically demonstrate a commitment to user safety, particularly among Gen Z.

Meaningful Community Engagement

Empower a national network of Youth Ambassadors to directly combat exploitation on platforms where it originates.

The Challenge

A Crisis of
Trust and
Liability

The battle against human trafficking and digital exploitation cannot be won solely through technological moderation. The core problem is a failure of trust, particularly between young users and authority figures (both adults and corporate entities).

Escalating Legal and Financial Risk

The legal landscape is rapidly evolving, making platform liability a growing and costly threat. Courts are increasingly scrutinizing whether platforms take "reasonable steps" to mitigate known risks of exploitation.

FOSTA-SESTA Liability

The Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) and Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA) have significantly weakened Section 230 protections, allowing civil lawsuits to proceed against platforms that knowingly facilitate or recklessly disregard content related to sex trafficking.

Negligence and Product Liability Claims

Victims and their families are successfully pursuing claims alleging that platform design choices (e.g., algorithmic recommendations, default privacy settings, and failure to age-verify) render the platforms inherently dangerous or constitute negligence, especially concerning minors.

Concrete Examples of Litigation and Reputational Damage

Recent litigation demonstrates the profound financial and reputational cost of failing to proactively address exploitation and addiction risks:

Meta (Facebook/Instagram) Youth Harm
Litigation

Allegation: Numerous lawsuits filed by states and private families claim that Meta's platforms are intentionally designed to be addictive and harmful to minors' mental health, leading to anxiety, depression, and self-harm.

Impact: Massive legal expenditures, multiple high-profile congressional hearings, and a dramatic erosion of trust among parents.

Trafficking and Exploitation Cases (Various
Platforms)

Allegation: Lawsuits citing FOSTA-SESTA and general negligence for facilitating the advertisement, recruitment, and transactional elements of human trafficking.

Impact: Settlements often involve multi-million dollar payouts and mandatory overhauls of platform safety protocols.

A partnership with Score4Freedom provides a proactive, preventative tool that can serve as evidence of reasonable steps taken to mitigate known risks, effectively building a defensible position against claims of negligence or inaction.

The Score4Freedom Chat App
The Digital Safety Backbone

The Score4Freedom Chat App is a proprietary, cyber-secure mobile platform that translates our peer-led, values-based training into real-time safety action. It acts as the central hub for the entire S4F network, ensuring rapid intervention and secure communication.

Core App Functions

Secure Peer Chat

Provides a private, monitored, and encrypted space for youth to report concerns or seek guidance from certified Youth Ambassadors they already know and trust.

Partner Benefit (Risk Mitigation): Closes the Trust Gap: Creates a verifiable pathway for users to report pre-crime or early-stage grooming.

Secure Reporting Channel

Provides a confidential channel for youth to flag and report suspicious activity, bad actors, and content that violates community standards or laws (e.g., trafficking recruitment, child grooming).

Partner Benefit (Risk Mitigation): Actionable Intelligence: Provides validated, high-fidelity data on platform abuse and bad actors, enabling faster platform moderation action and building a defensible legal record of due diligence.

Crisis Triage Protocol

Uses a one-touch escalation system. When a youth or Ambassador flags a high-risk situation, the app immediately alerts local Chapter Advisors (vetted adults) and the S4F National Response Team.

Partner Benefit (Risk Mitigation): Demonstrates Due Diligence: Provides structured, auditable proof that the partner, via S4F, has established a formalized, immediate, human-in-the-loop response mechanism for urgent threats to minors.

Platform-Specific Training

Contains gamified, platform-agnostic training modules, customizable to address the specific exploitation vectors identified on a partner's platform.

Partner Benefit (Risk Mitigation): Reduces Future Incidents: Directly trains the most vulnerable users on how to safely navigate the partner's environment, addressing the root cause of exploitation.

Parent/Educator Resource Portal

Provides a secure, filtered view for trusted adults, offering red flag alerts, platform safety best practices, and resources for proactive family conversations.

Partner Benefit (Risk Mitigation): Builds Confidence: Gives parents verifiable evidence that the company is investing in third-party safety resources.

Immediate Opportunity

Score for Freedom C-Suite Fundraiser Dinner

The Score for Freedom is a new, national youth initiative launched by the Allan Houston Foundation (AHF) and the San Francisco Junior Deputy Program (SFJDP). This urgent mission is supported by an invitation-only C-Suite Fundraiser Dinner scheduled for Thursday, February 5, 2026, from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM PST, during Super Bowl LX week in San Francisco, at the San Francisco Italian Athletic Club (SFIAC).

The purpose is to secure capital for the national deployment of the Score for Freedom Youth Ambassador initiative, which trains youth in the SFJDP's structured leadership model, guided by the AHF's FISLL ethical values (Faith, Integrity, Sacrifice, Leadership, Legacy).

Exclusive Event Details (For Invited Guests)

Date & Time

Venue
Status

Confirmed Guests

Thursday, February 5, 2026 4 6:00 PM 3 11:00 PM PST

San Francisco Italian Athletic Club (SFIAC)

Invitation-Only Exclusive Dinner

The Honorable Daniel Lurie (Mayor of San Francisco), Eric M. Jackson (PayPal Mafia), Allan Houston (NBA All-Star/Knicks GM), and numerous
athletes/celebrities.

This high-profile event offers immediate, high-impact PR visibility and networking opportunities with key political, civic, and tech leaders, positioning your brand at the forefront of the digital safety conversation.

Proposed Partnership Model: Investment Opportunities

Your investment directly funds the scaling of the Youth Ambassador program, ensuring a national defense system against online predators.

Ambassador Table
$100,000

Dedicated, branded table signage; One (1) premium table for ten (10) guests at the Dinner; Private photo opportunity with Allan Houston and select dignitaries; Corporate logo/name in the official event program.

Leadership Table
$250,000

All Ambassador benefits, plus: Premier table location (Stage-side priority); Logo placement on the Step-and-Repeat/Photo Backdrop; Opportunity for a designated executive to be recognized from the stage; Exclusive naming opportunity for one regional cohort of Score for Freedom Youth Ambassadors.

Freedom Circle
$500,000+

All Leadership benefits, plus: Elevated prominent logo placement on the Step-and-Repeat/Photo Backdrop; Title recognition as a "Founding Partner" in all press releases and website media for the 2026 launch year; Opportunity to host a member of the Allan Houston Foundation or a noted Celebrity Athlete at your table.

For RSVP and Commitment Confirmation, please contact Cary Durham at cary@score4freedom.com| 415.712.1919.

The Score4Freedom Value Proposition

Strategic Public Relations & Narrative Control

A partnership with S4F allows companies to move beyond mandated compliance and actively participate in the solution, fundamentally reshaping their public image.

Defensive PR: Immediately addresses negative press by showcasing a significant, measurable investment in proactive youth protection.

Offensive PR: Positions the company as a pioneer in digital ethics and youth advocacy, leveraging the positive, inspiring stories of Youth Ambassadors nationwide.

Restoring and Building Consumer Confidence

Consumers, especially parents and Gen Z, demand authenticity. They recognize the difference between a compliance measure and genuine corporate stewardship.

Authentic Investment: Funds directly support the certification and deployment of Youth Ambassadors who are actively reducing harm on and around the platform.

User-Centric Trust: Your platform becomes a visible supporter of a program designed by and for its most vulnerable user base.

Deep Community Engagement and Social Impac

This partnership is not a donation; it is a collaborative program that creates real, positive social change.

Targeted Outreach: S4F's Youth Ambassadors are trained to address the specific exploitation vectors relevant to the digital environment, providing tailored education that is immediately applicable to your user base.

National Scale: Leverage S4F's growing national chapter model (local universities and community hubs) to ensure the message and safety training are delivered consistently across diverse demographic groups.

Call to Action

The opportunity to lead in the digital integrity space is now. By investing in Score4Freedom, your company moves from being perceived as a platform where exploitation happens to becoming a champion for digital freedom and youth safety. The C-Suite Fundraiser Dinner on February 5th is the ideal venue for an immediate, high-impact public commitment.

We request a meeting to detail the specific key performance indicators (KPIs) and community outreach targets that align with your corporate social responsibility goals and long-term public trust strategy.

Join the Digital Integrity Alliance.

Let's score freedom together.

Get in Touch

For further information or to discuss how your organization can contribute to the Score4Freedom initiative, please contact our partnership team.

Partnership & Outreach Team

Email: partnerships@score4freedom.com
Phone: +1 (415) 712 -1919
Website: www.score4freedom.com