With Backpage.com Prosecution, Left Ties Online Free Speech to Transgender Prostitutes’ Rights
President Trump signed the FOSTA-SESTA anti-sex trafficking bill last Thursday, the same day Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge related to the shutdown of what Attorney General Jeff Sessions called “the dominant marketplace for illicit commercial sex.”
![Michael Lacey and James Larkin, Backpage](https://media.breitbart.com/media/2018/04/Michael-Lacey-and-James-Larkin.-Photo-Cliff-OwenAP-420x315.jpg)