These occurred five years apart, and only the second one involved an actual court case. I don't think it's a reasonable comparison.
Maybe not. But one must tirelessly question inconsistencies. The amount of harm to Backpage is very indirect, it was a letter to credit card companies. The EFF however is okay with a letter to a printer - the web host - to discontinue service. Comparatively, the harm to wikileaks was far greater than that to Backpage, but the EFF was more willing to support Backpage with a brief, than to volunteer support to Wikileaks. I have no doubt that Glenn Greenwald will never mention this, afterall, he himself is selective in questioning other public figures. He'd never question public figures in a meaningful way. And apparently neither will the EFF. With ineffective dissidents like these, who needs oppression?