Ann WagnerVerified account

"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."

"I find it hard to imagine that if a business hosted a slave auction, the auctioneer could not be held criminally liable."

"State Attorneys General should be able to enforce their sex trafficking laws; victims should be allowed to bring cases against websites...

...and the federal government should be able to pursue criminal charges against websites that are recklessly facilitating the crime."