@andersoncooper@AC360 The real problem isn't BackPage, it's that prostitutes have no legal protections. Sex workers are 3rd class citizens. 15 hours ago
@andersoncooper@AC360 CL shut down their adult sections because they were harrassed into it by AG offices, not because filtering failed. 15 hours ago
@andersoncooper@AC360 They don't verify because they could then be hauled in on RICO charges for facilitating prostitution. 15 hours ago
@andersoncooper Also why not investigate the ideas that legalizing prost. like in many Euro nations actually REDUCES crime and exploitation? 15 hours ago
@andersoncooper Everyone knows top brass will always toe the political line. "Prostitution is illegal, so everything relating to it is bad!" 15 hours ago