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Re:Stamping Out Online Sex Trafficking May Have Pushed It Un... by excalibur on Thursday December 19, 2019 @08:24AM (#21834644)
> You mean exactly how sex workers said it would, but nobody listened to them, because it was never actually about protecting sex workers or victims of sex trafficking?

Yes, exactly like that, except it's inaccurate to say that "nobody" listened to them. Many people expressed outrage at the time. We just failed to get big tech and its lobbyists on our side, so Congress was deaf to it.

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Re:Stamping Out Online Sex Trafficking May Have Pushed It Un... by jandrese on Thursday December 19, 2019 @08:29AM (#21834673)
It's extremely hard to find a voice in government when your position is pro-hooker. These people don't want their opponent to be running the "Your Representative is for the sexual exploitation of women!" ads.
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