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    1. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Apr 6

      Breaking: Backpage Appears To Have Been Taken Down https://www.buzzfeed.com/blakemontgomery/backpage-service-disruption?utm_term=.qu3ZP8JWX … by @blakersdozenpic.twitter.com/7jKWl3fevA

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    2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Apr 6

      Chris Geidner Retweeted Evan Wylοge

      Also:https://twitter.com/EvanWyloge/status/982331955831164928 …

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      Evan WylοgeVerified account @EvanWyloge
      BREAKING: @FBIPhoenix has confirmed that the Sedona home of former @phoenixnewtimes publisher and http://backpage.com  founder Michael Lacey was raided this morning.
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    3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Apr 6

      The seizure notice is not showing up for everyone, but when you try to click through to actual pages where there would be ads, you will see that nothing comes up.

      1 reply 7 retweets 24 likes
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    4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Apr 6

      More on what we know now:https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2018/04/06/fbi-raids-backpage-founders-sedona-home-website-down/494538002/ …

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    5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Apr 6

      Note that the California and Texas AG's offices are cited in the online notice. Those offices were involved in the 2016 effort from Kamala Harris (w support from Ken Paxton) to charge Backpage's CEO:https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-kamala-d-harris-announces-criminal-charges-against-senior …

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    6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Apr 6

      That case had significant difficulties — https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/calif-files-new-charges-against-backpage-com-ceo-after-case-n699706 … — that involved repeated victories for Backpage:http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article168969032.html …

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    7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Apr 6

      That, in turn, led to FOSTA/SESTA, which would add an exception into the Section 230 safe harbor provision for website operators, and which was passed by Congress — https://www.buzzfeed.com/carolineodonovan/sesta-sex-trafficking-act-craigslist-sex-workers?utm_term=.uexa9xVZ1#.lrJe2X49V … — but is yet to be signed by the president, per: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1865/actions …pic.twitter.com/PRnAZ9Tg2L

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    8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Apr 6

      Chris Geidner Retweeted Tom Namako

      JUST IN —>https://twitter.com/TomNamako/status/982367024352563202 …

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      Tom NamakoVerified account @TomNamako
      .@TheJusticeDept confirms to @ZoeTillman the government has seized http://backpage.com —> https://www.buzzfeed.com/blakemontgomery/backpage-service-disruption?bfsplash&utm_term=.miXoWX0LD#.jvp2y09PN … pic.twitter.com/8mIehcYm6z
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      Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Apr 6

      So, given that information, now, we wait:pic.twitter.com/dLz9IdWuRb

      2:21 PM - 6 Apr 2018
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        1. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Apr 6

          JUST IN: Regarding Backpage, the website the federal government seized earlier today, a DOJ spokesperson says, "The Court has ruled that the case remains sealed and we have nothing to report today."https://www.buzzfeed.com/blakemontgomery/backpage-service-disruption?utm_term=.rjLVK46dR#.bd4a65MXW …

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        1. Jon Passantino‏Verified account @passantino Apr 6
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          even the government cant figure out DST

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