6 Apr
2018
6 Apr
'18
11:34 p.m.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 04/06/2018 07:15 PM, Razer wrote: I guess we will need to make an onion site to sell our old junk cars and advertise for gigs. > "The United States government has seized Backpage.com, the > controversial classifieds website. A notice informing visitors of > the seizure was posted on the site, and a Justice Department > spokesperson confirmed the notice. > > According to the notice, the website and its affiliates were seized > “as part of an enforcement action” by the FBI, as well as other > federal and local agencies. The notice provides little other > information, saying the Department of Justice will provide more at > 6PM EST today. > > Backpage was the target of allegations that it facilitated sex > trafficking and prostitution through its adult section, a > controversy that took years to unwind and culminated in the arrest > of the company’s CEO and eventual removal of the adult section. > > “The FBI can confirm that law enforcement activity is occurring,” > a spokesperson for the FBI’s Phoenix field office told The Verge. > The office referred further questions to the Justice Department, > which did not immediately respond to a request for comment. > > Last month, Congress passed controversial legislation meant to give > law enforcement more power to stop online sex trafficking. Backpage > became a central part of the discussion around the legislation, > which many sex workers opposed. > > Developing..." > > https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/6/17207838/backpage-com-seized-website - -down-fbi > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQGcBAEBCAAGBQJayAPtAAoJEPn/Y5FXPbRCIGQL/A5HwvGz+FxuQtkXq1ELkrCe hrcg3aaAtpWu6Apc4VJBBg21pZt+xH6c4GRp7oL5XaXavxJbRxRXHFf68jC/YbIQ RqoSnyDnIAdr7oC0psVpqd1hhuz7mj1xH+qWjnQh+ElPLv8/OLyISWkeGFV8d0nl N5oq5PD4wQD6t2RPZP3HH9gi0gmiNhpgUtPUegsu5io0e5Y7geKfm82BfSjs7Law f3ocTbgCZ28MFrtNTcev1XSM9j2H3kxqjzM9U7rwlxZpL2xf/hevtA/Kh1aB+I8c Ep2bBvwz0Cehl0440rcJ/eVOO4TfbJhG+g3znhz31EnqxrNsHEI2S5wWf6liIQzX Uv0J8UfpAPDQYIhQeHSXwm2fFj/M+1ZthCJiAu0YNjsL3agML3cHsnGVy6KyLaS5 3uCdqFGRXL6jZIZ73UTUNw21LCz1ZzuwcUY7eqLdrsj+bmbN/90UQb9mY0rl+ykc zowOzGDrbhtSGbr3U6ZdXzGAjQR4vQocVAdd8XYIZw== =DnHD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----