It's a frightening reminder of how far the government will go to get their way—and to warn tech companies against platforming speech it doesn't like.
  • Zombiepirate@lemmy.worldEnglish
    201·
    5 months ago

    Good; people might decide to have sex! What is a government for but to prevent that travesty?

    • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
      411·
      5 months ago

      It’s the trafficking that concerns me

      Edit: weird down votes. I’m opposing sex trafficking, this is one of many websites that facilitated sex trafficking, why is that controversial?

        • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
          21·
          5 months ago

          Yeah. Sex trafficking is a complicated problem. Back Page had a lot of sex trafficking going on, but sex industries always will. I don’t think it’s gotten any better after targeting this particular website, but it was certainly an easy and high profile location to parade future victims. To be honest, I don’t know what the solution is, or is there even is one.

          • Maggoty@lemmy.world
            2·
            5 months ago

            I can go on Craigslist right now. This was a morality prosecution, not one based on legality. If I was a juror, just the fact that it was the third trial would cause me to vote not guilty.

      • Dkarma@lemmy.world
        31·
        5 months ago

        Right next to bad faith click bait tho.

        We’re shouldnt “a few good apples” trash like this.

        Plenty of other quality sites.

    • cheese_greater@lemmy.world
      86·
      5 months ago

      They’re actually not that bad. Nick Gillespie is a smart, nuanced, and compelling dude. I’m on his side more often than not but I’m somewhat countercultural/eclectic.

      And I’m definitely on the left side of things usually but that doesn’t mean I’m giving a blank cheque of loyalty to any circumlocuteurs on whatever side, no matter how popular or prestigious.