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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) The suing of Washington state by Backpage.com, the leading Website for adult services, introduced; details given about sex trafficking and the calls for Village Voice Media Holdings to shut down the Backpage ads. [With CNN's Deborah Feyerick, Backpage attorney Liz McDOUGALL†- says we don't promote prostitution.] [May 16, on CNN, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children director Ernie ALLEN - says Backpage is not the sheriff of the Internet, which has become the clearing house for illegal prostitution.] [In earlier interview, Washington attorney general Rob McKENNA - says the law is designed to get at ads for adult services; states Village Voice Media is about money made from adult services with Backpage openly soliciting; notes law enforcement does not back Backpage; explains the trafficking processes and the need for an in-person verification system.] [May 15, McDOUGALL - explains verification processes for the Internet ad services.]
- Reporter(s):
- Cooper, Anderson
- Duration:
- 00:07:30
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