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/
BP moderated its site, employed 100 people to do so, had terms of use forbidding illegality, made up to 400 reports a month to NCMEC of suspicious ads, etc. 4/
But the nature of interactive websites -- FB, Twitter, et al., is that unless we remove these platforms entirely, some users will still post illicit content. Is the answer to ban FB, etc.? I don't think so. #FirstAmendment 5/
Keep this in mind as the government calls witnesses who blame BP because their victimizers abused them and misused BP. 6/6
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