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Back to federal court in Phoenix for the #LaceyLarkinTrial. Scuttlebut is codefendant who was feeling unwell yesterday did not test positive 4 Covid, but court has yet to verify this. ICYMI, please watch @morganloewcbs5's recent piece on #Backpage 1/
In it, Loew explains that the federal government admitted Backpage's takedown in 2018 hurt its ability to find and rescue endangered women and minors. Backpage was a goldmine of info for the FBI and other LEAs & responded to subpoenas w/in 24 hrs. Less if need be.2/
Adult-oriented ads have since migrated overseas to platforms that do not recognize U.S. subpoenas or feel any need to cooperate with U.S. LEAs. As are result, women and marginal communities are less safe. 3/
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Court in the #LaceyLarkinTrial recessed 20 minutes ago. In the Last hour, after the jury had been dismissed for the day, a fight broke out between the prosecution and the defense with defense lawyer Whitney Bernstein who represents Jim Larkin bringing up the infamous DOJ memos 1/
These are DOJ memos from 2012 & 2013 which argued #Backpage should not be prosecuted in large part because Backpage was helpful to law-enforcement the in tracking down trafficked victims. The memos also discussed difficulty of determining the age of a female depicted in the ads2/
These memos are out in the public.@WIRED magazine first mentioned them in a 2019 article, and @ENBrown of @reason published the entirety of the memos shortly thereafter. 3/
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