Re:Backpage Raided, CEO Arrested on Sex-Trafficking Charges
by xixi77 on Friday October 07, 2016 @11:45AM
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You are right, these are indeed complex problems, however this is no directed effort against this type of activity.
If anything, having a common platform would make it easier to focus on such things, and I suspect platform owners would gladly cooperate (as they probably would on weeding out underage ads, etc.) -- but in practice, the alternative we see is either going for low-hanging fruit (which these relatively complex operations aren't), or just a blanket effort, like in this case.
All of these hurt legitimate workers far more than the operations you describe.
If anything, having a common platform would make it easier to focus on such things, and I suspect platform owners would gladly cooperate (as they probably would on weeding out underage ads, etc.) -- but in practice, the alternative we see is either going for low-hanging fruit (which these relatively complex operations aren't), or just a blanket effort, like in this case.
All of these hurt legitimate workers far more than the operations you describe.