NYConvergence.com » child trafficking http://nyconvergence.com Digital Media Technology News for the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut Tri-State Area Thu, 23 May 2013 21:10:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 AGs Ask Backpage.com To Drop Adult Services Section http://nyconvergence.com/2010/09/ags-ask-backpagecom-to-drop-adult-services-section.html http://nyconvergence.com/2010/09/ags-ask-backpagecom-to-drop-adult-services-section.html#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:30:00 +0000 Esther http://nyconvergence.com/2010/09/ags-ask-backpagecom-to-drop-adult-services-section.html [Full Story…]]]> Connecticut Attorney General and Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal said Tuesday that attorney generals from 20 states sent a joint letter to Village Voice Media owned Backpage.com, asking the site to drop its adult services section. The AGs are also asking the site to develop better safeguards to prevent illegal prostitution and child trafficking ads from migrating to the site's other sections.

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