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A screen grab of the home page of the website backpage.com is pictured after U.S. law enforcement agencies seized the sex marketplace website

Former Backpage CEO Gets Three Years of Probation After Testifying at Trial About Site’s Sex Ads

Prosecutors had argued that Backpage’s operators ignored warnings to stop running prostitution ads, some involving children.

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A screen grab of the home page of the website backpage.com is pictured after U.S. law enforcement agencies seized the sex marketplace website

Jury Convicts Backpage Founder of 1 Money Laundering Count, Deadlocks on 84 Others

Backpage’s operators said they never allowed ads for sex, and their legal team maintained the content on the site was protected by the First Amendment.

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