Is this a good thing? I'm asking and haven't been following this. Was the owner actually playing a part in the human trafficking or was it just others using the site? It seems like when you know down all the central places these things are taking place that a more secluded or offline black market would form; at least now you know where many of them congregate.
Netflix has (had?) a documentary about this “craigslist” style website that allowed trafficking. The complaints against backpage stacked up, they went to court even. Kids have been getting abducted and sold through this website, and there was some evidence that they have encouraged or supported, if I remember the gist of the doc... many here have been waiting for the end of backpage.
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hang_em_high ago
Is this a good thing? I'm asking and haven't been following this. Was the owner actually playing a part in the human trafficking or was it just others using the site? It seems like when you know down all the central places these things are taking place that a more secluded or offline black market would form; at least now you know where many of them congregate.
GreenDell144 ago
Netflix has (had?) a documentary about this “craigslist” style website that allowed trafficking. The complaints against backpage stacked up, they went to court even. Kids have been getting abducted and sold through this website, and there was some evidence that they have encouraged or supported, if I remember the gist of the doc... many here have been waiting for the end of backpage.
think- ago
Yes, the documentary is called 'I am Jane Doe'.