Craigslist still has sex ads, usually veiled in euphemism (roses instead of dollars), but yes, this is the argument that Craigslist raised. There are plenty of other sites though.

Craigslist has way fewer ads than they used to. They are actually playing ball and closing off many of these ads. The journalist was really kind to not mention our primary data sets we collect. We don't want traffickers hiding somewhere else.

The biggest player is BackPage now. lots of shady stuff goes on there.

How much of it is shady due to unreasonable laws? Does LE have a backdoor to view Backpage information? Does Backpage refuse to respond to subpoenas?

Are sex buyers just gonna say "darn, I googled but didn't find anyone, oh well"? Especially the ones that are looking to find underaged workers?

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