RIP Backpage (its REALLY dead this time)

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Backpage.com seized, founder hit with charges after FBI raid
MEGAN CERULLO APR 7, 2018 2:20 PM

The founder of sex-ad platform Backpage.com was slapped with federal charges on Friday after officials seized control of the website and raided his Phoenix-area home.

Visitors hoping to browse the site’s licentious listings were instead greeted by a Department of Justice takedown notice.


“Backpage.com and affiliated websites have been seized as part of an enforcement action by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division, with analytical assistance from the Joint Regional Intelligence Center,” the announcement read.

FBI agents, meanwhile, descended on Backpage co-founder Michael Lacey's Sedona home, according to Evan Wyloge of the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting.

'Slave' cult leader hit with sex trafficking charges

Lacey's neighbors who witnessed the raid said “about 20 undercover cops” swarmed the property, according to Wyloge.


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Backpage.com, a popular classified ads website, appears to have been taken offline, showing instead a message informing visitors that the site has been seized and disabled by the federal government.IMAGE BY: WWW.BACKPAGE.COM
Specific charges against Lacey were not disclosed because a judge ordered the case sealed, the Arizona Republic reported.

Phoenix FBI officials confirmed to the Daily News that “law enforcement activity” related to the site had taken place.

Justice Department officials did not respond to The News’ request for comment.


Craigslist closes personals sections in US, cites FOSTA-SESTA

Other agencies were also involved in the enforcement action, with more information forthcoming, the FBI said.

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Backpage owner Michael Lacey's home was raided by the FBI on Friday. IMAGE BY: CLIFF OWEN/AP
The Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act, known as SESTA, passed both houses of Congress last month as part of a push to crack down on Backpage.com and other sites accused of facilitating human trafficking.

It awaits President Trump's signature.

Some sex workers argued that the legislation hamstrings their ability to safely earn a living

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...ounder-hit-charges-fbi-raid-article-1.3919071
 
a lot of these sites hosted in the US been down. so i've heard from a friend...
 
kingkoopa said:
Craigslist took down their personals section :lol:

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that was gonna be my other new thread... apparently its a law that potentially holds liable web hosts of sex trafficking that didn't do before, it can lowkey ruin da net if administered wrong.
 
it will eventually makes sites liable for anything that their users may use the platform for. sex trafficking is just the language and cause they needed to get the bill passed. once it’s a green light, it will be a slippery slope utilized to control the internet the way they’ve been itching to. pretty sure reddit is going to eventually have to put a stop to their drug and gun related subreddits where ppl gift each other items.
 
Any site that has escorting related is on it's last days. For my NTers that like escorts and "massage parlors", better save those numbers to your phone.
 
kevlar said:
it will eventually makes sites liable for anything that their users may use the platform for. sex trafficking is just the language and cause they needed to get the bill passed. once it’s a green light, it will be a slippery slope utilized to control the internet the way they’ve been itching to. pretty sure reddit is going to eventually have to put a stop to their drug and gun related subreddits where ppl gift each other items.
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Its already started. The took down multiple subs where you could buy/sell firearms, gift drugs, and they also took down a reloading(making ammo from used shells) sub, which I still don't understand. Stupid if you ask me but liability is a mutha****a.
 
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I peeped this morning and wanted to bump a thread but the ones i saw was locked.
 
kevlar said:
it will eventually makes sites liable for anything that their users may use the platform for. sex trafficking is just the language and cause they needed to get the bill passed. once it’s a green light, it will be a slippery slope utilized to control the internet the way they’ve been itching to. pretty sure reddit is going to eventually have to put a stop to their drug and gun related subreddits where ppl gift each other items.
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they finna ruin the internet before it even really begins in the name sex trafficking and terrorists
 
btw yall really be buying *****
to me that **** can go all types of wrong
from diseases to undercovers to getting robbed
lets talk about it
 
The escort game changing big time on the internet.
Lot of sites scrambling. Agencies will be affected for sure.
 
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