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To speak ofbl that problem would be only worse if they are not online opportunity for these wo. tucker, there are two further troubling implications of something like this shutting down a site like backpage.com. one is it is in conjunction with a couple of pieces of legislation that are also troubling, designed to remove content about sex off of the internet and i am myself think that sex is a good thing. i dont think we should be cutting down content on the internetet. the second thing is that ...

>> that problem would be only worse. there are two further troubling implications of something like this shutting down a site like backpage.com. one is in conjunction with a couple of pieces of legislation that are also troubling designed to remove content about sex from the internet. i think that sex is a good thing, i dont think we should be shutting down content on internet. theres been a lot of preemptive removing of content from reddit and other sites because of this. the second thing is i ...

States. in particular the trafficking of minors. the law is designed to allow state prosecutors and victims to sue social media networks and online advertisers who knowingly keep trafficking material on their sites. now, before those companies were protected because the material was posted by a third-party. this law changes that protection. today signing was a huge victory for many of the women and families who have been fighting for years to stop sex trafficking online. at 1.1 of the women invo...

Prosecution went back to andrea constand. with her, it was no mistake. you will see when she takes the stand. you will hear from andrea constand. alex and christine. >> thank you, jean. a federal lawsuit accuses three michigan state basketball players of raping a female student in 2015. claims the university discouraged her from reporting it to police. the alleged victim who was 18 at the time claims a de facto policy of not reporting allegations against sports stars. the third allegation agai...

>> pierre, thank you. the fbi and other federal agencies shutting down the classified ad website, backpage.com. authorities blocking access to the website posting this announcement instead. backpage has been under fire for years for allowing adult ads for sex workers and for allegedly enabling the sexual exploitation of minors. next, the menendez brothers reunited in prison. lyle and erik menendez convicted of killing their parents in a case that made national headlines. the two seeing each ...

State lines, you know, kids being taken all over. you see this problem, you want to attack it. how? >> chris, first, i appreciate you guys putting a spotlight on this. weve talked about it before, but tragically weve had a big increase in sex trafficking, human trafficking. and all the experts look at it come up with the same conclusion which is that the internet is the reason. in other words, the dark side of the internet here is that groups like backpage.com, which is a website we have investi...

Trafficking you cannot hide behind immunity and takes the federal law to exist against sex trafficking putting it clearly in place with regards to these websites. the one most offensive, promoting most of this is called backpage.com. we spent two years investigating this organization. found out they were knowingly, again, selling girls and women online illegally, and we just need to have a way to be able to allow victims to be able to get the just it they deserve and allow the states to make thi...

>> all right. there we go. president talking to small business owners at the white house as part of america dreams week. now theyre going to continue with the ceremony. well keep an ear on it. as you know, anybody who watches me on msnbc knows i talk about the economy. i love talking about that stuff. were going to be talking a little bit later with robert schiller, a yale economist, nobel prize winning economist whether or not you should be buying into the stock market. next theyre trying to ...

So as victims of sex trafficking tell me, rob, its gone from the street corner to the smart phone and the internet side of things has caused a huge increase. this is a problem that has to be addressed. youre right, the women and girls who have attempted to seek justice have been blocked. it was never the intent of congress to block them from getting the justice that they deserve from companies that knowingly stop sex trafficking. the first circuit court of appeals called on congress to do exactl...

Everybody was looking to sell a bike or old clothes. instead, some people started selling people. human trafficking. some of those being sold were as young as 14 or 15 years old, many of them girls. they were targeted and plucked from their communities, often forced to take drugs and sold into under age prostitution which is illegal everywhere in america. some of the girls were able to escape and fought back choosing to sue back page for children being allowed to be sold on their website. many v...