Backpage.com seized by U.S. justice authorities

Re:Backpage.com seized by U.S. justice authorities by fencepost on Friday April 06, 2018 @06:33PM (#16778086)

If I post a comment about prostitution on HN, HN is not liable

Are you sure? And are you in a position to be making that call?

No jury is going to convict the CEO of Reddit because someone somewhere posted a comment about prostitution on a subreddit.

That's probably why Reddit eliminated basically all the subreddits related to prostitution. They're also probably less concerned about their CEO being jailed than they are about massive fines.

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Re:Backpage.com seized by U.S. justice authorities by 220V_USKettle on Friday April 06, 2018 @08:11PM (#16778603)

I think the biggest issue is having your domain seized prior to trial and conviction.

MX records are gone at that point, so the press cannot contact general counsel for comments.

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Re:Backpage.com seized by U.S. justice authorities by Y_Y on Friday April 06, 2018 @08:25PM (#16778670)

I'd like to offer you my services as a prostitute, and also as a trafficker of humans.

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