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December 2018

“That the public case against Backpage bears so little resemblance to the actual charges against it is partly a result of a mass panic over the confluence of sex and technology. That cultural near-hysteria has been stoked by a strange-bedfellows coalition of the Christian right, progressive feminists, and opportunistic lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle.”

ELIZABETH NOLAN BROWN

“The Backpage Scandal Isn’t What You Think”

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