Backpage.com seized by U.S. justice authorities
Everyone who&#x27;s decrying the demise of backpage as a safe and beneficial place, please take a moment and read the first two pages of the Senate Report.<p>Backpage had a system in place to detect ads offering e.g. child sex and... <i>edit those ads to conceal their criminal nature from detection</i> by rephrasing the give-away words with less obvious ones. You would think they would report those ads, but no - they concealed.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hsgac.senate.gov&#x2F;imo&#x2F;media&#x2F;doc&#x2F;Backpage Report 2017.01.10 FINAL.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hsgac.senate.gov&#x2F;imo&#x2F;media&#x2F;doc&#x2F;Backpage Report...</a>