While charges against Robert Kraft were dismissed, an immigrant masseuse accused of giving him a handjob has to pay $31,573 and spend a year on probation reason.com/2020/12/02/flo…
"Soliciting another to commit prostitution" cases against Kraft & other men were (rightfully) dismissed in Sept.
The three women from the spa they patronized were just sentenced
No one was ever charged with human trafficking.
In fact, women providing massages & sex acts—the group authorities said they were in it to rescue—faced the most severe charges & were the only ones ultimately convicted in this "human trafficking" bust reason.com/2020/12/02/flo…
To anyone reading this who thinks Florida or Palm Beach Co is just uniquely messed up, or that Robert Kraft makes the difference here, I invite you to check out some of my other work on this subject
They invoked the magic words "sex trafficking" & made a special Section 230 carve out....
And most people in media & tech policy were OK with it bc they a) are cowards who will never question anything about "trafficking" & b) don't care about & didn't listen to sex workers
There were about six people in tech & media saying HEY FOSTA IS A TEST CASE. BACKPAGE IS A TEST CASE. But even @TechFreedom was like "Well, if we just let them shit on Backpage and on sex workers, maybe they'll leave Section 230 alone otherwise...."
It was a cowardly, immoral bargain and also an incredibly naive & foolish assessment of the gov't & tech landscape. And they were all clearly and very very very very wrong.
Anatomy of Fake News: Notice that @MiamiHerald doesn't both listing what charges were brought in this "human trafficking" bust, just puts up a big dramatic headline and a lot of fluff about the "signs" of trafficking and then some police reports showing prostitution arrests...
Good morning, Twitter 🤗Since a bunch of sex-trafficking conspiracy theorists (and some well-meaning but misinformed folks) are demanding that I explain myself...
Good news: I already have (at length!). This is probably the best place to start reason.com/2015/09/30/the…
Here's some information on child abductions:
"Enough Stranger Danger! Children Rarely Abducted by Those They Don't Know" reason.com/2017/03/31/kid…