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Backpage: A Blueprint for Squelching Speech
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 2 months agoHow the Backpage prosecution helped create a playbook for suppressing online speech, debanking disfavored groups, and using "conspiracy" charges to...
2 Backpage execs found guilty on prostitution charges; another convicted of financial crime
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA federal jury found two former Backpage.com executives guilty of conspiring to use the website to...
Federal prosecutors want to retry former Phoenix journalist on prostitution charges related to...
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFederal prosecutors intend to retry Michael Lacey, the former editor of Phoenix New Times, on...
Backpage Founder, Alt-Weekly Entrepreneur, and Free Speech Warrior James Larkin Has Died
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 10 months agoLarkin, 74, took his own life on Monday, just a little over a week before he was slated to stand...
A website to promote prostitution, or fight it? Opening statements diverge at Backpage trial
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic· 9 months agoMichael Lacey, the former editor of the Phoenix tabloid New Times, was an old school newspaper man...
Backpage trial moves closer; Michael Lacey, others reject plea deals
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 10 months agoDays removed from the death of his longtime newspaper partner and co-defendant, former Phoenix New...
Backpage: The Monumental Free Speech Case the Media Ignored
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 7 months agoTing Shen - Pool via CNP/Newscom, Hector Amezcua/ZUMA Press/Newscom After a dozen years of legal...
'They were prostitution ads': Backpage founder testifies website was used to sell sex
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOne of the founders of Backpage.com took the stand in federal court in downtown Phoenix on Tuesday...
Backpage manager says he's not certain 'every single' escort ad on site was for prostitution
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 9 months agoCorrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this article misspelled the last name of...
Prosecutors wrap up arguments against Backpage executives as trial nears end in Phoenix
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAfter five weeks, the trial of Backpage.com executives in Phoenix is nearly over. On Friday, federal...