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#GoogleSubornsChildPornographyAndChildRape
May 17th, 2017:
consumerwatchdog.org/resources/back…
#GoogleSubornsChildPornographyAndChildRape
May 17th, 2017:
consumerwatchdog.org/resources/back…
wat dis?
BACKPAGE[.]COM’S KNOWING FACILITATION OF ONLINE SEX TRAFFICKING
STAFF REPORT
PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
2017
hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
BACKPAGE[.]COM’S KNOWING FACILITATION OF ONLINE SEX TRAFFICKING
STAFF REPORT
PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
2017
hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
wat dis?
April 9 2018
Justice Department Leads Effort to Seize Backpage.Com, the Internet’s Leading Forum for Prostitution Ads, and Obtains 93-Count Federal Indictment
justice.gov/opa/pr/justice…
April 9 2018
Justice Department Leads Effort to Seize Backpage.Com, the Internet’s Leading Forum for Prostitution Ads, and Obtains 93-Count Federal Indictment
justice.gov/opa/pr/justice…
wat dis?
April 12 2018
Backpage’s Co-founder and CEO, As Well As Several Backpage-Related Corporate Entities, Enter Guilty Pleas
justice.gov/opa/pr/backpag…
April 12 2018
Backpage’s Co-founder and CEO, As Well As Several Backpage-Related Corporate Entities, Enter Guilty Pleas
justice.gov/opa/pr/backpag…
541 US Attorneys news releases from 2013-today mentioning backpage.
that's just federal.
that's just federal.
now we dive into the info ops.
Backpage was part of an alternative weekly media empire.
They used their media arm to slam all criticism of backpage[.]com, which was making them HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
Spring 2012: what they did to @NickKristof observer.com/2012/03/the-ba…
Backpage was part of an alternative weekly media empire.
They used their media arm to slam all criticism of backpage[.]com, which was making them HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
Spring 2012: what they did to @NickKristof observer.com/2012/03/the-ba…
They used their revenue from child sex trafficking to try to put another weekly out of business, by selling below-cost ads in their paper. to cut the competition off at the knees.
they could, because they were earning HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS on child rape.
thestranger.com/seattle/the-gr…
they could, because they were earning HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS on child rape.
thestranger.com/seattle/the-gr…
They tried to weaponize the first amendment.
Backpage tried to claim, for YEARS, that they were not responsible for the content posted on their website, they were just the medium content producers used to publish advertisements.
That was false.
2017:
azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
Backpage tried to claim, for YEARS, that they were not responsible for the content posted on their website, they were just the medium content producers used to publish advertisements.
That was false.
2017:
azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
as always, follow the money.
always.
And note who takes their side. reason.com/2018/08/21/bac…
and, lest you call me a prude, please note:
