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If you actually listen to sex workers and people who were victims of trafficking, this is not the way to go. Law enforcement can be very unhelpful to sex worker
by noobermin 9y ago
If you actually listen to sex workers and people who were victims of trafficking, this is not the way to go. Law enforcement can be very unhelpful to sex workers and giving them more powers puts them in danger. Moreover, not having online platforms to screen customers and share information amongst themselves isolates sex workers and further endangers them, forcing them to engage in dangerous work on the street.
Here is a good link on this[0]. Here[1] is also a short interview of the author.
[0] https://www.allure.com/story/sesta-sex-trafficking-bill-celebrity-psa https://www.allure.com/story/sesta-sex-trafficking-bill-cele...
[1] https://youtu.be/2TEcWKz_TAg?t=8m52s https://youtu.be/2TEcWKz_TAg?t=8m52s
- sgc 9y agoOr they could look at the current guilty plea and the public evidence tied to it and come to a reasonable conclusion. That anecdotally some people are helped does not make up for the crimes committed against even more vulnerable members of society using that site. I disagree with the new law, but the site had to go.
- jjeaff 9y agoWe're not just talking about trafficked adult women. Backpage is alleged to have facilitated a huge number of underage child sex trafficking transactions. Apparently, with some knowledge of what was going on.