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Backpage is not available -notice comes up and states " site has been seized by FBI " am I the only one ?

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Mines says:

 

404 - File or directory not found.

The resource you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

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Im in SK and so far so good. I have just read that Edmonton is down witha big seizure notice. Arizona is at it again!

 

Well this will make touring interesting!

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Yup its gone in NB.

Hey ladies, perhaps its time to share banners from our websites? And of course our sites link here too. To keep our contact info circulating???

 

GREAT idea!

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Due to SESTA/FOSTA (Stop Enabling Sex Trafficking Act and Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act) in the US being passed in the Senate, which holds websites criminally liable for user content, Backpage (all domains, including Canada) have been seized by the FBI and the owner's house has been raided. This is in addition to a number of US-based ad sites (Cityvibe, TER, etc) being taken down, all sex worker related subreddits on Reddit have been purged and Craigslist ditched the entire personals section, Microsoft has new TOS that prohibits "offensive language" and nudity on all platforms including Skype and Xbox Live, and Google has been removing porn links from Drive.

 

Check it: https://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2018/04/02/the-impact-of-fosta-sesta-on-online-sex-work-communities/

 

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If you haven't been paying attention, escorts, I suggest you save your website content because most .com, .net, .org are hosted in the US and could be taken down without warning. You can still use Wordpress CMS, but it needs to be hosted elsewhere, if you are hosting with them directly, they will ban your site.

 

Also, GET AN ENCRYPTED EMAIL ASAP.

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Due to SESTA/FOSTA (Stop Enabling Sex Trafficking Act and Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act) in the US being passed in the Senate, which holds websites criminally liable for user content, Backpage (all domains, including Canada) have been seized by the FBI and the owner's house has been raided. This is in addition to a number of US-based ad sites (Cityvibe, TER, etc) being taken down, all sex worker related subreddits on Reddit have been purged and Craigslist ditched the entire personals section, Microsoft has new TOS that prohibits "offensive language" and nudity on all platforms including Skype and Xbox Live, and Google has been removing porn links from Drive.

 

Check it: https://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2018/04/02/the-impact-of-fosta-sesta-on-online-sex-work-communities/

 

Additional Comments:

If you haven't been paying attention, escorts, I suggest you save your website content because most .com, .net, .org are hosted in the US and could be taken down without warning. You can still use Wordpress CMS, but it needs to be hosted elsewhere, if you are hosting with them directly, they will ban your site.

 

Also, GET AN ENCRYPTED EMAIL ASAP.

 

 

http://Www.protonmail.com is a good encrypted email

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http://Www.protonmail.com is a good encrypted email

I use Canadianwebhosting.com and my website is still up. I had to switch a few years ago because the American host I was using (bluehost.com) refused to deal with escort sites. Maybe using a Canadian host will save me...Who knows?? It's like a freaking witch hunt! Self-righteous pricks!

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Due to SESTA/FOSTA (Stop Enabling Sex Trafficking Act and Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act) in the US being passed in the Senate, which holds websites criminally liable for user content, Backpage (all domains, including Canada) have been seized by the FBI and the owner's house has been raided. This is in addition to a number of US-based ad sites (Cityvibe, TER, etc) being taken down, all sex worker related subreddits on Reddit have been purged and Craigslist ditched the entire personals section, Microsoft has new TOS that prohibits "offensive language" and nudity on all platforms including Skype and Xbox Live, and Google has been removing porn links from Drive.

 

Check it: https://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2018/04/02/the-impact-of-fosta-sesta-on-online-sex-work-communities/

 

Additional Comments:

If you haven't been paying attention, escorts, I suggest you save your website content because most .com, .net, .org are hosted in the US and could be taken down without warning. You can still use Wordpress CMS, but it needs to be hosted elsewhere, if you are hosting with them directly, they will ban your site.

 

Also, GET AN ENCRYPTED EMAIL ASAP.

 

 

EDIT/UPDATE:

 

TER is not down, it's just not available for US users. However, I've heard that you can still log in using a VPN.

 

REDDIT groups are still up but heavily censored.

 

Encrypted emails: protonmail, hushmail, safe office

 

If you're on Twitter, @melissagira is updating and keeping on top of all things SESTA/FOSTA

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More on Backpage: looks like a whole bunch of indictments (93 of them in total) have been thrown at seven officers/investors in the company.

 

Reading between the lines, it sounds like the powers that be in the US have had it in for BP for a long time, and they've simply chosen to strike now. I don't think this is related to FOSTA/SESTA as that still isn't signed law yet, but it's certainly all part of the same overwhelming hostility to sex work we're seeing in the US government at present. The large number of charges doesn't necessarily mean anything will stick (the last set of charges against BP didn't) but it does mean the BP people are in for some expensive legal bills if nothing else. It also seems that a lot of them are financial in nature and relate to BP's efforts to continue processing payments after the credit card companies froze them out a couple of years ago, although you won't hear that from all the government and abolitionist folks squawking about trafficking and minors.

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Sucks without backpage. Time to start listing sites people.

Any ladies in the Windsor area PM me :)

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.... hostility to sex work we're seeing in the US government ...

Well, except for The Donald, at least he pays for sex, or is that his lawyer who does? lol

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Well, except for The Donald, at least he pays for sex, or is that his lawyer who does? lol

His problem is that he doesn't pay... which is why it turns out so expensive for him in the long run :)

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