Michael Lacey

Michael Lacey
Backpage, Censorship, Fake News, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Jim Larkin, Michael Lacey, News, Opinion, Opinion/Analysis, Sex Work, U.S. v. Lacey & Larkin

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Ex-Backpage owner Carl Ferrer’s testimony continued in Phoenix’s federal courthouse on Sept. 13, as did the government’s misinformation, half-truths, spin, and bad faith regarding its number one target: veteran newspaperman Michael Lacey, who co-owned the classified listings site Backpage.com from…

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Asset Seizures, Backpage, Censorship, First Amendment, Media, Michael Lacey, News, Opinion/Analysis, Section 230, Sex Work, U.S. v. Lacey & Larkin

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Update, Thursday, Sept. 7: The Backpage trial will resume on Tuesday, Sept. 12, per an order today from the federal court in Phoenix.  The court further ordered: ORDER as to Michael Lacey, et al., IT IS ORDERED that upon notice…

Backpage, Censorship, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Jim Larkin, Michael Lacey, News, Opinion/Analysis, Section 230, U.S. v. Lacey & Larkin

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See judge’s order, here: Journalists Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin tell a federal judge that they do not oppose severing their retrial in Phoenix from four co-defendants, with some caveats, while prosecutors oppose the idea. Responding to a recent inquiry…

Backpage, Censorship, Cindy McCain, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Jim Larkin, John McCain, Kamala Harris, Michael Lacey, Opinion, Opinion/Analysis, Section 230, U.S. v. Lacey & Larkin

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On April 6, 2018, the U.S. government set a disturbing precedent in the annals of modern censorship by arresting award-winning newspapermen Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin and taking down Backpage.com, a classified ads site that reportedly served almost 1,000 cities…

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Backpage, Censorship, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Kamala Harris, Michael Lacey, Opinion/Analysis, Sex Trafficking, Sex Work, U.S. v. Lacey & Larkin

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The most dangerous place in the world for a hypocrite or any other kind of phony is in Elizabeth Nolan Brown‘s sights.  A senior editor at the libertarian magazine Reason, Brown vivisects bad ideas and politicians like a coroner on crack….