International
hotel chain Hilton Worldwide has just decided to ban all on-demand pornographic
videos from all of its properties, stating that "adult video-on-demand
entertainment is not in keeping with our company's vision and goals moving
forward." "We are making immediate changes to our global brand
standards to eliminate adult video-on-demand entertainment in all our hotels
worldwide," the hotel chain said in a statement. "While the vast
majority of our properties already do not offer this content today, this
content will be phased out of all other hotels subject to the terms of their
contracts. We believe in offering our guests a high degree of choice and
control during their stays with us, including Wi-Fi on personal devices." Hilton's
decision has been met with praise and approval from industry watchers such as
the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE), according to Charisma News. Dawn Hawkins, executive director of
NCOSE feels grateful that the hotel chain will no longer be seeking profits
from hardcore pornography, which inevitably leads to sexual exploitation. "We
want to publicly thank Hilton for its decision to create a safe and positive
environment for all of its customers," she said. "Hilton has taken a
stand against sexual exploitation. Pornography not only contributes to the
demand for sex trafficking, which is a serious concern in hotels, but it also
contributes to child exploitation, sexual violence and lifelong porn
addictions. The NCOSE applauds Hilton Hotels for recognising these harms, and
is glad to announce that Hilton Hotels will be removed from the Dirty Dozen
List." NCOSE's Dirty Dozen List, comprised of the 12 leading contributors
to sexual exploitation include American Apparel, American Library Association,
backpage.com, CKE Restaurants, Cosmopolitan magazine, Department of Justice,
Facebook, "Fifty Shades of Grey," Sex Week, Verizon, and YouTube.

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