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October 7, 2012 03:00 am GMT

Sex Trafficking On Backpage.com: Much Ado About (Statistically) Nothing

BackpageEditor's note: Julie Ruvolo is afreelance writerand digital editor for the New York Museum of Sex. You can follow her on.

According to a growing list ofreligious groups,feminists, celebrities andpolicy makers, adult classifieds website Backpage.com isprofiting from one of the ugliest crimes on the planet: sex trafficking. Backpages critics say they are facilitating sex slavery and should shut the site down. New York Times writer Nick Kristof pressured Goldman Sachs to unload their shares in Village Voice Media overnight (and at a $30 million loss) in March.


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