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>Should we also allow Microsoft to be sued for all the criminals that use windows? YES. YES. YES!!!!!!!!!!!!! If Microsoft is complicit with the crimes. What

>Should we also allow Microsoft to be sued for all the criminals that use windows? YES. YES. YES!!!!!!!!!!!!! If Microsoft is complicit with the crimes. What the hell is wrong with people? Backpage wasn't a hammer that somebody bought from Home Depot and used to bash someone else's head in. Backpage was actively and aggressively cooperating with human traffickers. Backpage provided coaching to ad submitters on how to get around the bare-bones filters that backpage implemented. Backpage refused to implement basic, industry standard, practices that would have practically eliminated the reposting of known, confirmed, undeniable cases of human trafficking ads. Backpage stalled and obstructed any attempts to remove known, confirmed, undeniable cases of human trafficking. Backpage lied and covered up the fact that they knowingly cooperated with human traffickers. Backpage forced the skeleton crew, through quotas and the threat of discipline or dismissal, of community reviewers to overlook known, confirmed, undeniable cases of human trafficking ads. None of this is supposition or innuendo, and none of this is an accusation. It is all fact, taken from Backpage.com's own internal communications and public testimony of backpage officials and employees. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-115shrg24401/pdf/CHRG-115shrg24401.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-115shrg24401/pdf/CH... https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-1st-circuit/1728752.html https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-1st-circuit/1728752.html Why do people think that Backpage was "done dirty"? It is mind-boggling.

Pharmakon 8y ago
What the hell is wrong with people? Two factors are at play here, although “wrong with people” may be overly harsh and is certainly unhelpful. First, a lot of people, myself included, think that prohibition of prostitution is a bad idea. Now I’d argue that in this case that’s a bit of a red herring, because we’re talking about sexual slavery, not sexual work. The second factor is a little nasty, but let’s face it... a site full of “toolmakers” takes a strong stance against people who make tools being held accountable for the uses of those tools. What a shock. Now it’s not just that simple, because some people are legitimately concerned about the proverbial blacksmith being held liable for making hammers. Others point out that if the blacksmith specially made “head cracking hammers” for Big Bob The Headsmasher, then the blacksmith crossed a line. Others are ideologically or practically opposed to almost any regulation. It’s a mess of people talking past each other, angrily. Personally I believe that BackPage was a bad actor, and as for SF I’ll wait and see what pretrial discovery turns up. Most people seem to be more interested in rushing to conclusions though, and fighting over hypotheticals, hence the high noise:signal ratio here.

Pharmakon 8y ago

What the hell is wrong with people? Two factors are at play here, although “wrong with people” may be overly harsh and is certainly unhelpful. First, a lot of people, myself included, think that prohibition of prostitution is a bad idea. Now I’d argue that in this case that’s a bit of a red herring, because we’re talking about sexual slavery, not sexual work. The second factor is a little nasty, but let’s face it... a site full of “toolmakers” takes a strong stance against people who make tools being held accountable for the uses of those tools. What a shock. Now it’s not just that simple, because some people are legitimately concerned about the proverbial blacksmith being held liable for making hammers. Others point out that if the blacksmith specially made “head cracking hammers” for Big Bob The Headsmasher, then the blacksmith crossed a line. Others are ideologically or practically opposed to almost any regulation. It’s a mess of people talking past each other, angrily. Personally I believe that BackPage was a bad actor, and as for SF I’ll wait and see what pretrial discovery turns up. Most people seem to be more interested in rushing to conclusions though, and fighting over hypotheticals, hence the high noise:signal ratio here.