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By the way, Backpage has shut down their adult services section. Their traffic did not drop to zero however, as seen at [1]. That means that Backpages has had
by cft 9y ago
By the way, Backpage has shut down their adult services section. Their traffic did not drop to zero however, as seen at [1].
That means that Backpages has had other substantial legitimate uses, besides adult services. Craigslist also had adult services section, that it voluntarily shut down [2]. This begs the question: why is Backpage prosecuted, but Craigslist was not? What has changed between 2009 and now?
1. https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/backpage.com#trafficstats https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/backpage.com#trafficstats
2. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/05/craigslist-gives-in-will-shut-down-erotic-services-section/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/05/craigslist-gives...
- adventured 9y agoOr of course consider how they went after Kim Dotcom, the effort that was put into crushing Megaupload and Kim over common media piracy. Are we to believe that the DOJ & Co couldn't have smashed Backpage for knowingly allowing trafficking years ago? They couldn't have scooped up proof that the operators knew about that activity, a dozen different ways given the tools at their disposal? They could destroy Silk Road and get Ross Ulbricht, but they couldn't get the Backpage guys on anything? Bullshit of course, it's beyond obvious those guys knew what their site was facilitating, they were making a vast fortune off of it. It all reeks of being allowed to continue as an enemy number one to facilitate legislation like SESTA.