In the year since U.S. authorities shut down sex ad website Backpage.com, the on...
LOS ANGELES - In the year since U.S. authorities shut down sex ad website Backpage.com, the online prostitution market has splintered across a dark and volatile internet landscape with dozens of players trying to fill the void, according to an analysis conducted by a counter-human trafficking technology company.
Instead, the report prepared for use by law enforcement agencies showed the illicit trade of sex trafficking and prostitution of adults and children has begun to shift toward so-called hobby boards and “sugar daddy” pages. Backpage and its affiliate websites were seized on April 6, 2018 in a U.S. Justice Department sex trafficking and child prostitution investigation. Seven people, including the website’s founders, were charged in a 93-count indictment with facilitating prostitution, money laundering and fraud.
While many sex classified websites, mostly run by small-time operators, have tried to fill the gap left by Backpage’s demise, they each only draw about 5-8 percent of the unique visitors Backpage was earning at its height in 2016, Spectre said. “The competition is so fierce, and it’s really dirty, to the degree that I’m not sure there’s ever going to be a single dominant player ever again,” he said.A sampling of the current ads found nearly three-quarters were duplicates, spam or scams.
Others have turned to social media platforms such as Twitter or Instagram, using a #backpage hashtag to signal their intentions.
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