backpage

[simple55guy]

Well this is weird. Cruising backpage tonight to see if any travelling girls were in town... this just suddenly took over the entire adult section on my pc. In case the link doesn't come up, its a warning the government has censored the adult sections of backpage. Some kind of scam? virus on my pc? I dunno.

Censored??

http://desmoines.backpage.com/Female...?category=4443

[livn2do]

real deal

[simple55guy]

quoted from a provider named Bayberry on the National Discussion board...

Media Resources

Press Release: Backpage.com Removes Adult Content Due to Unconstitutional Government Censorship....Vows to Fight First Amendment Battles

January 9, 2017

Washington, D.C. - As the direct result of unconstitutional government censorship, Backpage.com has removed its Adult content section from the highly popular classified website, effective immediately. For years, the legal system protecting freedom of speech prevailed, but new government tactics, including pressuring credit card companies to cease doing business with Backpage, have left the company with no other choice but to remove the content in the United States.

As federal appeals court Judge Richard Posner has described, the goal is either to “suffocate” Backpage out of existence or use the awesome powers of the government to force Backpage to follow in the footsteps of Craigslist and abandon its Adult advertising section. Judge Posner described such tactics as “a formula for permitting unauthorized, unregulated, foolproof, lawless government coercion.”

“It's a sad day for America's children victimized by prostitution,” said Dr. Lois Lee, Founder and President, Children of the Night, a leading national hotline and shelter program for victims of sex trafficking based in Los Angeles. “Backpage.com was a critical investigative tool depended on by America's vice detectives and agents in the field to locate and recover missing children and to arrest and successfully prosecute the pimps who prostitute children.” She added, “The ability to search for and track potentially exploited children on a website and have the website bend over backwards to help and cooperate with police the way Backpage did was totally unique. It not only made law enforcement's job easier, it made them much more effective at rescuing kids and convicting pimps.”

Backpage.com was created thirteen years ago by Jim Larkin and Michael Lacey, through their newspaper company, New Times Media, to compete with Craigslist, the nation’s largest online classified ad platform. Larkin and Lacey were pioneers in independent journalism, establishing Village Voice Media in 1970 to provide alternative news coverage of the Vietnam war and later served as editor and publisher of twenty weekly newspapers.

As The Center for Democracy and Technology and the Electronic Frontier Foundation have observed, the Senate subcommittee has engaged in an “invasive, burdensome inquiry into Backpage.com’s editorial practices [that] creates an intense chilling effect, not only for Backpage but for any website operator seeking to define their own editorial viewpoint and moderation procedures for the third-party content they host.”

This will not end the fight for online freedom of speech. Backpage.com will continue to pursue its efforts in court to vindicate its First Amendment rights and those of other online platforms for third party expression.

[simple55guy]

kinda surreal, huh Livn?

[Hawks222]

Wow, it wasn't like that a few hours ago for me. Kinda sad. I was just about to see someone from bp too in a few days.

[simple55guy]

hope you kept her contact info

[Hawks222]

I pm a couple guys in my area to see if they've saw her. She's posted off and on for a couple years. Appears as though she's a stripper somewhere too, so was hoping they'd know where she works.

Didn't keep her info unfortunately.

[les123]

I'd be willing to bet half of the providers I have seen originated from bp. What am I going to do with all of that time I spent browsing through bp? At least I have somewhat of a black book.

[Hawks222]

lol I thought same thing. Saves me 10 min of my day. Wonder if we'll see an influx of providers? Doubt it.

[simple55guy]

same here Les, some of my long term reliables I met on BP. I suppose the ladies will migrate to whatever site replaces it, or join sites like eccie

[Hawks222]

It'll weed out the shotty providers too which will be nice. They'll get bad reviews here. Just hope that never happens to this site someday. At least give us a warning so I can jot down phone numbers/emails from everyone I want to see.

[timster]

Weird, next week's New Yorker has a big article on Backpage, claiming it contributed to human trafficking.

Usually, when the government goes after trafficking, they're really going after prostitution...a victimless, consensual act.

Wonder if this is just for show and they'll be back up?

Hope my fav BP girls join eccie.

[livn2do]

The guys at BP have balls and will fight this as best they can if history is any lesson. Unfortunately, they don't have the $ that the government does. Our cash by the way.

[Miss Audra]

A few ladies called and asked if I knew what was going on. Hopefully this weeds out some scammers... what are some other sites that are in this area besides this&411.?

[normalguy21]

I blame it on Asian Jade

If she posted first time on eccie today and not back page she is a ---- well you know ?

fuck it she blames the hindenburg on me !!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster