2024-08-30
New York Times
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Michael Lacey, co-founder of the classified ad site Backpage, gets five years in prison and a $3M fine for money laundering; two other executives get 10 years
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2019-09-03
Reason
Sealed memos: FBI agents praised Backpage.com for its cooperation in child trafficking investigations, even as the government pursued its case against the site
Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Reason : Tweets: @reason , @rosealliance , and @reason Tweets: @reason : The memo reveals that six years before Backpage leaders were indicted on federal charges, prosecutors ...
2019-06-19
Wired
Inside Backpage.com's founders' legal fight with the federal prosecutors, which could reshape Section 230 protections for online platforms
IN MICHAEL LACEY'S younger and more vulnerable years, his father gave him this advice: “Whenever someone pokes a finger in your chest, you grab that finger and you break it off at the knuckle.” Tweets...
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