Craigslist’s shadier online cousin, Backpage.com, was seized today as part of an enforcement action by the FBI. Visitors to the website are now met with an official seal — one we’ve seen previously in other websites taken over by US authorities. The second largest online marketplace in the United States, Backpage.com has faced criticism in recent years over its “Adult†section, which is a thinly-veiled attempt at hiding seedy listings from sex workers including escorts, strippers, and phone sex operators. If it had stopped there — transactional sex between consenting adults — it’s unlikely Backpage.com would have been shut down.…
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