Backpage

MIXED VERDICT

Backpage Founder Michael Lacey Convicted of Money Laundering

But an Arizona jury remained deadlocked on scores of other counts.

Dan Ladden-Hall

‘BLAZED HIS OWN PATH’

Backpage Founder Dies By Suicide Days Before Trial

Jim Larkin was scheduled to stand trial for charges of money laundering and facilitating prostitution next week.

Emily Shugerman

NO ‘INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT’

Backpage Kingpins Get Mistrial Over Trafficking Testimony

Prosecutors made too many references to child sex trafficking in a case where no one stood accused of that charge, U.S. District Judge Susan Brnovich ruled.

AJ McDougall

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‘IT’S NOT FUN AND GAMES’

Real-Life ‘Zola’ Sex-Trafficking Victims Speak Out

Jessica Forgie was 19 when she says she got mixed up in the viral Twitter tale that’s now become the movie “Zola”—duped into sex trafficking and assaulted by a violent pimp.

Cheyenne Roundtree

DARK CLOUD

50 Women Accuse Tech Giant of ‘Facilitating’ Their Sex Abuse

‘Jane Does’ accuse the customer relations management giant of helping the notorious website Backpage build sex trafficking brand and manage database of pimps and johns.

Barbie Latza Nadeau

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FREE LOVE

The Bogus War on Internet Sex Work

No one is arguing that companies have a right to knowingly profit off of sexual exploitation, but we already have a host of remedies for punishing those activities.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown

Backpage

Backpage Founder Michael Lacey Convicted of Money Laundering

Backpage Founder Dies By Suicide Days Before Trial

Backpage Kingpins Get Mistrial Over Trafficking Testimony

Real-Life ‘Zola’ Sex-Trafficking Victims Speak Out

50 Women Accuse Tech Giant of ‘Facilitating’ Their Sex Abuse

The Bogus War on Internet Sex Work

Silicon Valley Fights Senate Over Sex Trafficking Bill

Backpage Is Bad. Banning It Is Worse.

Leave the Village Voice Alone!

Village Voice’s Sex-Slavery Shame

Sex Slave Outrage