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Richard Blumenthal
Censorship, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Media, News, Opinion/Analysis, Section 230, Sex Trafficking, Sex Work

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U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut combines the worst characteristics of Cotton Mather, Girolamo Savonarola and the Rev. Jerry Falwell — Senior, not Junior. The 76-year-old Democrat’s persistent, self-righteous efforts to censor the internet, using “the kids” as his rallying…

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Backpage, Censorship, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, News, U.S. v. Lacey & Larkin

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Nearly a year since their first trial ended in a mistrial due to prosecutorial misconduct, storied newspapermen Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin head to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on September 2, arguing that a retrial would…

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…

Kamala Harris
Backpage, Censorship, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Kamala Harris, News, Opinion/Analysis, Section 230, Sex Trafficking, U.S. v. Lacey & Larkin

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On Friday, the New York Daily News published a glowing, error-filled preview of former California prosecutor and failed Sacramento County DA candidate Maggy Krell’s book Taking Down Backpage: Fighting the World’s Largest Sex Trafficker, which is scheduled to drop Jan….

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Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer threatens to sue AP over story about a heckler who accused Spicer of calling him a “n#gger” in high school Democratic candidate in Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District exposes Republican foe’s online collection of…