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Originally Posted by Fancylady
All websites and verification sites promoting prostitution is Illegal...... http://escortpolice.com/ tries to get you to hookup site.Telling you not to do anything stupid and Illegal.
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Generally speaking, you are correct.
Specifically speaking,
websites that merely host others' posts are
not breaking the law and indeed are protected under federal statute. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996.
Here is a link for your information.
https://www.eff.org/issues/cda230
That said, however, LE and DA's etc. will always try to hang a website out to dry on the "promotion" issue merely to cause the site operators to spend money on attorneys. Which is why the authorities have been unable to compromise well-funded web entities such as backpage and craigslist and others as well.
The CDA obviuosly cannot protect any website from more common federal and state charges including money laundering, tax fraud, underage porn, human trafficking, etc.
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escort police and other similar sites are banking (literally) on scaring providers and hobbyists into spending money to erase entries and, as noted above, to drive traffic to AFF and other pay sites.