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Originally Posted by PamWinterReturns
OH, I checked to see if it was online. I'm very curious what they hoped to find in the home, who was indicted and what triggered this investigation.
Prostitution vs soliciting I understand, but was he nailed for promoting prostitution? There are other sites that haven't stopped the ads yet. FinDommes have their own sites and many gay escorts and pornstars offer their services on their sites When I was healthy, I was working on a gay escort site. I figured I'd not be held liable but knew I needed my attorney's advice. As recently as last month I thought of doing it. Face pics only, text, low maintenance. Ha!
I still have it in mind but for all genders but never mentioning escorts, sex, money, intimacy or alluding to such activities. I think it would be a hard sell -- pardon the pun -- to get people there without using sex phrases. Horny guys aren't Googling for "women who will take my money to meet me but no sex exchanged, just get paid to meet me at a hotel." ��
And, if prostitution is legal in certain locales, can websites run their ads or hosts run their sites? Will the Feds go after web hosts in the USA?
Things that make you go hmmmm....
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The indictment is still sealed by the judge. But I believe it contains charges involving the facilitation of prostitution, money laundering, sex trafficking, possibly CP for the photos.
As for the other sites, I suspect that more will continue to shutter as the heat is increased or the traffic they were receiving from TER and Backpage dies off. Certainly some sites will rise by this but that will only increase their visibility and potentially make them a target.