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Backpage was a classified advertising website founded in 2004 by the alternative newspaper chain New Times Inc./New Times Media (later known as Village Voice Media or VVM) as a rival to Craigslist. [1] Similar to Craigslist, Backpage let users post ads to categories such as personals, automotive, rentals, jobs and adult services. It soon became ...
In 2004, Lacey and Larkin launched the website Backpage as an extension of the classified ads that had always run in the back of their newspapers (and most other newspapers).
Backpage associates were also actively involved in editing ads and advising on how they should be worded, according to the indictment. ... prosecutors would need to show each individual ad either ...
Jurors at the criminal trial of a founder of the classified site Backpage.com heard opposite views in closing arguments of whether the founder knew there were ads for prostitution on the site.
Each month, Backpage blocks about a million ads, mostly suspected of child sex trafficking or prostitution. Of those, around 400 ads a month are sent to the NCMEC which in turn alerts law enforcement. [80] [81] The NCMEC say these efforts are inadequate and that Backpage encourages dissemination of child sex trafficking content on its website. [74]
Back Page or The Back Page may refer to: Back Page, 1933 American film; The Back Page, 1931 American film; The Back Page; Backpage ...
Michael Lacey, a founder of the lucrative classified site Backpage.com, was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison and fined $3 million for a single money laundering count in a sprawling case ...
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