Monday, 9 April 2018

Top officials at Backpage.com indicted after classifieds site taken offline

quote [ Seven top officials of the website Backpage.com, long accused of facilitating child sex trafficking, have been arrested after a grand jury in Phoenix issued a 93-count indictment alleging conspiracy and money laundering, and the government on Friday seized all of Backpage’s websites around the world. ]

I don't know why you'd run something like this within reach of America™.
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norok said @ 2:22am GMT on 10th April
And something to add to your points is that the changes in 230 are retroactive. That is unconstitutional but they are evil people so we're not supposed to care. It's no wonder that they choose the timing for the charges.

norok said @ 2:24am GMT on 10th April
And something to add to your points is that the changes in 230 are retroactive. In effect undeletable Internet archives can be dug up to bring charges against these technology companies at any point in the future. That is unconstitutional but they are evil people so we're not supposed to care. It's no wonder that they choose the timing for the charges.


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norok said @ 2:22am GMT on 10th April
And something to add to your points is that the changes in 230 are retroactive. In effect undeletable Internet archives can be dug up to bring charges against these technology companies at any point in the future. That is unconstitutional but they are evil people so we're not supposed to care. It's no wonder that they choose the timing for the charges.



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