WIRED on Twitter: "Subscriber Exclusive: For years, https://t.co/Tf7YeWUxyE published user ads in “Adult”’ categories like “body rubs” and “dom & fetish.” Once it started moderating, the Feds came after it. Now a lawsuit is underway. https://t.co/3031GNvxdj (From 2019)" / Twitter

Subscriber Exclusive: For years, Backpage.com published user ads in “Adult”’ categories like “body rubs” and “dom & fetish.” Once it started moderating, the Feds came after it. Now a lawsuit is underway. wired.trib.al/aLp6ImV (From 2019)

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Inside Backpage.com’s Vicious Battle With the Feds

For years, it was the largest portal for sex on the internet. Now its fate could shape the future of Silicon Valley.

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Screw this for making me think

was getting a movie.

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Now... Consider what portion of the intertubez is... porn. And consider what portion of the money that is paid for that pays for the rest of them interwebbies... Scary, huh?

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