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Sex-trafficking ads are not offline yet, contrary to GOP spin
It’s a point of pride for House Judiciary Committee Republicans that a new law called FOSTA-SESTA has all but eliminated sex-trafficking ads online. Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.), the key sponsor of FOSTA, said ads were down 90 percent since the law’s passage.
This is a case of taking too much credit for something that hasn’t happened. Online sex ads registered a sharp decline after the Department of Justice shut down a website called Backpage on April 5. Furthermore, the numbers are climbing again after their initial descent. On the day the Judiciary Committee posted a video with Wagner’s “90 percent” claim, sex-trade ads were back at about 50 percent of the daily volume before the law had passed; as of Aug. 11, they were at almost 75 percent. We gave Wagner’s claim Three Pinocchios.
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