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2. Backpage - Wikipedia

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   Seized by the United States FBI on April 6, 2018; 6 years ago. ( 2018-04-06) Backpage.com was a classified advertising website founded in 2004 by the alternative newspaper chain New Times Inc./. New Times Media (later known as Village Voice Media or VVM) as a rival to Craigslist. [1]

3. Backpage: A Blueprint for Squelching Speech - AOL

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   How the Backpage prosecution helped create a playbook for suppressing online speech, debanking disfavored groups, and using "conspiracy" charges to imprison the government's targets

4. Prosecutors wrap up arguments against Backpage executives as ...

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   October 27, 2023 at 10:20 PM. After five weeks, the trial of Backpage.com executives in Phoenix is nearly over. On Friday, federal prosecutors finished their closing arguments against leaders of ...

5. Section 230 - Wikipedia

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   Section 230. Section 230 is a section of Title 47 of the United States Code that was enacted as part of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, which is Title V of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and generally provides immunity for online computer services with respect to third-party content generated by its users.

6. Lawyers argue indicted Backpage employees sought to keep ...

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   A former executive and two operations managers for classified site Backpage.com worked vigorously to keep the platform free of ads for prostitution even as strategies on how to do so constantly ...

7. Jim Larkin (publisher) - Wikipedia

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   Publisher/Journalist. Known for. Chairman/CEO of Village Voice Media (VVM) James Anthony Larkin (June 16, 1949 – July 31, 2023) was an American publisher and journalist in Phoenix, Arizona, known for his influence in the alternative newspaper industry. He was largely responsible, along with business partner Michael Lacey, for his work with ...

8. Jurors hear opposite views of whether Backpage founder knew ...

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   Jurors at the criminal trial of a founder of the classified site Backpage.com heard opposite views in closing arguments of whether the founder knew there were ads for prostitution on the site.

9. Illinois - Wikipedia

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   Illinois is the most populous state in the Midwest region. Chicago, the third-most populous city in the United States, is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area or Chicagoland, as this area is nicknamed. Although the Chicago metropolitan area comprises only 9% of the land area of the state, it contains 65% of the state's residents.