DARK SECRETS: Backpage - The Real Truth

What Craigslist and Backpage Can Tell Us About the Meta Settlement

It doesn't matter if you're right. If you don't cave, the government might stop at nothing to destroy you.

Reason · Aug 31

Bankers Scouring Porn Sites. Payment Processors Punishing Journalists. Here's How 'Big Finance' Is Chilling Speech

Financial censorship should worry us all, suggests Rainey Reitman in Transaction Denied.

Reason · Apr 29

‘Superhighways for child sexual abuse’: California lawmakers seek tougher rules for big tech

Online exploitation ‘inflicting profound trauma on a staggering number of children’, Democrats say

The Guardian - US · Apr 24

Backpage Founder Michael Lacey Released on Bail

Lacey can await the resolution of his appeal outside of prison.

Reason · Nov 25, 2024

A Bad Election for Sex and for Tech

No matter who wins, we can expect bad policies surrounding sex and especially surrounding technology.

Reason · Nov 4, 2024

How the Feds Destroyed Backpage.com and Its Founders

By prosecuting the website's founders, the government chilled free speech online and ruined lives.

Reason · Oct 30, 2024

Watch Now: Classified: The War on Backpage.com

Reason's new documentary is now streaming on the video platform CiVL. I hope you'll watch.

Reason · Oct 9, 2024

Reason's New Documentary on Backpage.com Is Streaming Exclusively on CiVL

The film ties together years of reporting on a legal saga with broad implications for both free speech and sex work.

Reason · Oct 7, 2024

A History of Harris Positions on Sex Work

Harris' campaign hasn't said where she stands now. But she's historically taken a tough stance against prostitution and especially against men who pay for it.

Reason · Sep 25, 2024

Deplatforming Doesn't Make Sex Work Safer

Another study shows FOSTA failed.

Reason · Sep 4, 2024