Lawsuit Claims Backpage Used Custom Salesforce Tools to Fuel Its Sex Trafficking Empire

‘Human beings … were raped and abused because of it’

The same day CRM company Salesforce was named 2019 Humanitarian Company of the Year by the American Red Cross of the Bay Area, lawyers on behalf of 50 women—listed as Jane Does No. 1 through No. 50, survivors of sex trafficking—filed a lawsuit against Salesforce seeking trial by jury.

The claim: “Serious and grievous personal injury” related to the company’s work with Backpage.com, the classified ads site shut down in April 2018 as a result of its links to prostitution.

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