backpage, FOSTA/SESTA

[dilbert firestorm]

Following up on backpage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backpa...al_prosecution

Backpage court case was declared a mistrial in sept. 2021.

a hearing took place in early october 2021, apparently to set a date for a new court case which was set for february 2022.

Judge in that case recused herself for unknown reasons in late october 2021. a 4th judge took over the case. defendants tried to dismiss the case for good. new judge refused.

what's going on in the new 2022 trial is unknown. have not found anything new on that.

best part is... FOSTA/SESTA wasn't used to charge backpage officers.

just the money laundering statues, feds were going with that.

theres a report by GAO on FOSTA/SESTA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backpage#GAO_report

In June 2021, the U.S. Governmental Accountability Office (GAO) released a report, stating that SESTA/FOSTA had only been used once by the DOJ since it was passed in 2018. Both SESTA/FOSTA and the takedown of Backpage using other statutes had caused the adult online ad market to fragment and scatter to sites hosted in other countries.[205][206]

The GAO report concludes that the seizure of Backpage has had an adverse effect on federal law enforcement's ability to investigate sex trafficking cases. It reads:
. . . gathering evidence to bring cases against users of online platforms has also become more difficult. According to a 2019 FBI document, the FBI's ability to identify and locate sex trafficking victims and perpetrators was significantly decreased following the takedown of backpage.com. According to FBI officials, this is largely because law enforcement was familiar with backpage.com, and backpage.com was generally responsive to legal requests for information. In contrast, officials said, law enforcement may be less familiar with platforms located overseas. Further, obtaining evidence from entities overseas may be more cumbersome and time-intensive, as those who control such platforms may not voluntarily respond to legal process, and mutual legal assistance requests may take months, if not years, according to DOJ officials. Despite these investigative challenges, DOJ officials said they are committed to holding accountable those who control online platforms that promote sex trafficking.

it goes to show how stupid these guys were in handling this.

they were better off with backpage up online. catching bad apples was easier.

[texassapper]

Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm

it goes to show how stupid these guys were in handling this.

they were better off with backpage up online. catching bad apples was easier.

But that's EVERYTHING the government touches.

What did Reagan say the most terrifying words in the English language were?

"Hello, I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

[eccieuser9500]

Remember what Lex Luthor said: We play to win!

https://youtu.be/BclLy57qSIw

Originally Posted by texassapper

But that's EVERYTHING the government touches.

What did Reagan say the most terrifying words in the English language were?

"Hello, I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

If only he had the balls or a good brain to say that, he might have died with the world's respect.

The drama that raged against Reagan’s America

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/...eagans-america

The roman-à-clef recalls the first years of the North American Aids crisis from the perspectives of a rag tag group of gay activists, together forming the Gay Men’s Health Crisis against a backdrop of political inaction; the play’s protagonist, Ned Weeks, is a thinly veiled analogue for Kramer himself. It is an unforgiving, prosaic text, largely free of metaphors or poetry, building in righteous anger as the years pass and more men die to a disease that Ned and his comrades see as ignored not only by those of political influence but by society at large. Kramer’s portrait of what a generation of gay men suffered renders America akin to a warzone, where the corpses of victims are refused death certificates and left to collect dust in oversized refuse bags, and funerals become so frequent as to be social events.

[eccieuser9500]

Just the latest from a quick Google.

Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm

Following up on backpage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backpa...al_prosecution

Backpage court case was declared a mistrial in sept. 2021.

a hearing took place in early october 2021, apparently to set a date for a new court case which was set for february 2022.

Judge in that case recused herself for unknown reasons in late october 2021. a 4th judge took over the case. defendants tried to dismiss the case for good. new judge refused.

what's going on in the new 2022 trial is unknown. have not found anything new on that.

best part is... FOSTA/SESTA wasn't used to charge backpage officers.

just the money laundering statues, feds were going with that.

theres a report by GAO on FOSTA/SESTA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backpage#GAO_report

What Happened the Last Time Congress Amended § 230


https://www.lawfareblog.com/what-hap...ded-%C2%A7-230

Section 230 has become a focus of ire on both the left and the right as part of the ongoing debate over whether and how to regulate the internet. In the 116th Congress, lawmakers formally introduced more than 25 bills to amend or repeal the statute. The 117th Congress has already seen almost 30 such proposals. Arguments over technology policy and internet regulation pull in a number of different directions, but almost everyone seems to agree that something should be done about § 230—even if nobody can agree what that something is.

[dilbert firestorm]

e9500, posting video of reagan's shooting in this thread is not appropriate and has nothing to do with the subject. it makes it look you wished he died.

you have issues with reagan, I get that.

[biomed1]

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