August 05, 2016
Online advertising site Backpage.com must produce documents detailing how it reviews advertisements in its adult section and flags user accounts, after a District of Columbia federal judge ordered it on Friday to comply with a U.S. Senate subpoena in an investigation of sex trafficking.
March 30, 2016
For the first time in more than 20 years, the U.S. Senate on Tuesday filed a civil contempt action, asking a D.C. federal court to force the online advertising site Backpage.com to comply with a subpoena in an investigation of online sex trafficking.