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

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Note: the following expresses the opinions of Stephen Lemons and no one else. On Tuesday, Sept. 12 in Phoenix’s federal court, Carl Ferrer, the government’s lead witness in the Backpage trial, followed the prosecution’s playbook to a T, testifying that…

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

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The following report contains opinion and analysis that is the author’s alone.  In an order issued on Monday, July 24, federal Judge Diane Humetewa in Phoenix granted prosecutors significant wins on a series of motions affecting the retrial of veteran…

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

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Undeterred by the mistrial they caused Sept. 14, federal prosecutors are revisiting the deceitful tactics that interrupted their first stab at falsely convicting veteran newspapermen Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin for their former ownership of the classified-listings giant, Backpage.com. In…