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April 11, 2018

Sex Workers Speak Out Against Shut Down of Backpage.com
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And sex workers and their advocates are speaking out against federal
authorities' move to shut down the popular classifieds website
Backpage.com. Federal authorities have indicted the website's
co-founders and five others of conspiracy, facilitating prostitution and
money laundering. But sex workers and their advocates say shuttering the
website will make sex workers' jobs more dangerous. The organizers of
the Women's March tweeted, "The shutting down of #Backpage is an
absolute crisis for sex workers who rely on the site to safely get in
touch with clients. Sex workers rights are women's rights."


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