Ann WagnerVerified account

"My top priority in Congress is to combat online trafficking. I couldn’t be successful in this fight if I were alone, & luckily, I’m not."

"This is an industry that controls women and children through violence, drugs, and trauma."

"Despite all our rhetoric, sex trafficking in America seems to continue unabated."

"The venues of sexual exploitation have changed. But our laws remain stuck in time."

"Congress has consistently failed to ensure proper implementation of sex trafficking laws in America’s court system."

"Courts have construed Section 230 to mean that sex trafficking victims who have been sold on Backpage have no recourse against them."

"Section 230 also blocks states from bringing criminal cases against websites that facilitate trafficking."

"Congress obviously never intended Section 230, passed over 20 years ago, to create a lawless internet."