Clergy Petitions Village Voice Media to Drop Sex Ads, Help End Child Sex Trafficking
Thirty-six religious leaders took out a full page advertisement in the NY Times today, calling on Village Voice Media, the parent company of LA Weekly, to shut down the adult services site Backpage.com. The clergy referenced dozens of arrests of child sex traffickers who advertised on Backpage.com
VVM has received criticism from a number of sources for operating a website used by child sex traffickers. Fifty-one Attorneys General sent an open letter in August encouraging the closure of the website.
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