
Backpage, Censorship, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, News, Sex Trafficking, Sex Work, U.S. v. Lacey & Larkin
Federal Backpage Indictment: Bloated with Familiar Bluster; No Sex-Trafficking Charges
Zero sex-trafficking charges. That’s the most glaring aspect of a Phoenix federal grand jury’s belatedly unsealed 93-count indictment against seven current and former owners and operators of the online listings site Backpage.com. The defendants include veteran newspapermen Michael Lacey and Jim…