Backpage executives to be sentenced after testifying against site founder about the site's sex ads Two former executives for the now-shuttered classified site Backpage The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025
A History of Harris Positions on Sex Work Harris' campaign hasn't said where she stands now. But she's historically taken a tough stance against prostitution and especially against men who pay for it. Reason · Sep 25, 2024
Feds Will Try Backpage Co-Founder Michael Lacey for a Third Time 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. Reason · Jan 24, 2024
Jurors hear opposite views of whether Backpage founder knew the site was running sex ads Jurors at the criminal trial of a founder of the classified site Backpage The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2023
Breaking Backpage: A prosecutor’s quest to fight sex trafficking in America “Taking Down Backpage: Fighting the World’s Largest Sex Trafficker" by Maggy Krell; NYU Press (192 pages, $22.95) Tribune News Service · Jan 19, 2022