939 F. Supp. 2d 805 - Backpage.Com, LLC v. Cooper’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1591 (§ 112 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000) · 47 U.S.C. § 230 (Communications Decency Act § 230)
Relies on Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Elrod v. Burns · Broadrick v. Oklahoma · United States v. Salerno · Grayned v. City of Rockford
Most-quoted passages
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“voluntarily employ[s] extensive monitoring to identify improper content, including automated filtering and manual review. ... .[and that it also] voluntarily reports suspect ads to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. [It further notes that it] regularly works with local, state and federal law enforcement to support investigations and prosecutions, including promptly responding to subpoenas, providing training to law enforcement, removing and blocking posts at their request, and even conducting independent research to assist in rescuing victims and arresting and prosecuting criminals.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The federal law requires that a person benefited from participation in sex trafficking and that he knew or recklessly disregarded that the child trafficked was a minor and was 'caused to engage in a commercial sex act.’ ” (quoting § 1591(a))); cf. United States v. Wilson, 10-60102-CR-ZLOCH, 2010 WL 2991561 , at (S.D.Fla. July 27, 2010) (interpreting § 1591(a), in conjunction with subsection (c), to mean that the government must prove, among other things,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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