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Another life connected to Tony Ortega’s Backpage propaganda ends in despair, as so many do – Part II
We read yesterday about the story of K.R. and how at the hands of a longtime Backpage user known as ‘Alonso’ she was trafficked and sold repeatedly for sex. In her suit in Alabama K.R. alleged she was consistently threatened, physically abused and forced her to take intoxicating agents including illegal drugs and alcohol. Continue reading Another life connected to Tony Ortega’s Backpage propaganda ends in despair, as so many do – Part II 
Our last post discussed how Backpage attempted to characterize itself as ‘Sheriff of the Internet’, much in the way the proverbial fox would guard a henhouse. They tried to create relationships with various law enforcement agencies in what amounted to nothing more than a PR strategy which sought to control the narrative around its involvement Continue reading The Backpage Ploy Part 2
In or around 2010, as the Backpage began to emerge as a significant presence in the online sex advertising business, they developed a plan to minimize the attention devoted to its activities by the public and by law enforcement agencies, particularly concerning advertising of children on its website. Defendants undertook to forge seemingly Continue reading The Backpage Ploy Part 1 
Deceit through obfuscation. In every sense, this could have been a motto for the Backpage during the time Carl Ferrer was Tony Ortega’s superior at the helm of the largest sex trafficking platform the United States has ever known. This week we’ve been looking at how Ferrer directly reached out to pimps and traffickers in Continue reading The Backpage Shell Game 
We wrote previously as Editor-At-Large Tony Ortega from 2007 to 2012 oversaw the sleazy Backpage’s “posting rules” and “content requirements.” But Ortega went further by publicly attacking anyone in the press who raised questions about the Backpage’s roll as the country’s leading sex trafficking platform, referring to reports of rising rates Continue reading Sex for Money: Ortega’s Flimsy Defense 
Defendant Carl Ferrer, who has been the CEO of Backpage for many years, personally helped one sex trafficker ensure that his sex trafficking ads would be posted on the website after the Backpage locked his account for posting an ad for sex. As previously reported this sex trafficker went by the username “Urban Continue reading Meet Tony Ortega’s Former Sex-selling Boss Carl Ferrer 
On August 17, 2018,Dan Hyer, Sales and Marketing Director of Backpage.com pleaded guilty to conspiring to facilitate prostitution, Hyer participated in a scheme to give free ads to prostitutes in a bid to drive business to Backpage. Hyer is yet another Backpage employee to plead guilty. He will be sentenced in November 2018. Michael Continue reading Bring Tony Ortega to Justice 
Yesterday we wrote about the unique case currently underway in Florida courts brought by Florida Abolitionists, Inc. It alleges Backpage knowingly broke human trafficking laws and caused tremendous drains on the resources of the agency in its fight to end modern human slavery. Interestingly, the lawsuit makes explicit mention of an attempted ruse pulled by Continue reading How The Backpage Fooled No One 
Florida Abolitionist, Inc. is a non-profit organization in Orlando, Florida with a mission to combat and end human trafficking and other forms of modern day human slavery. It provides direct services to trafficked adults and children. In a new lawsuit, Florida Abolitionist has filed against the men behind Backpage, it alleges Continue reading Tony Ortega, The Propaganda Face of Backpage.com 
Carl Ferrer, Michael Lacey, James Larkin Anthony “Tony” Ortega After Backpage.com created the marketplace, Tony Ortega helped sex traffickers create and develop the content of their ads on the site so they could profit from each ad. When law enforcement began to scrutinize the illegal activity occurring on Backpage, Ortega’s bosses Continue reading How Tony Ortega Got His Salary From Child Sex Trafficking |
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