Ashton Kutcher Statement to Senate Panel on Technology Use to Combat Slavery

Actor and technology venture capitalist Ashton Kutcher tells members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that technology is just a tool but the user provides the will, such as that an airplane enables mass global transit but can also be flown into buildings, in the way is group is developing tools to disable the dark web, where a network of traffickers coordinate transit, and warehouse graphic images. Kutcher says emotionally that he was devastated when the department of homeland security asked him for a tool that took three months to develop in order to attempt to rescue of a young girl. Kutcher says the effort is collecting data, that the tools are smart and learning all the time, concluding that it is providing a quantifiable solution.