The Backpage.com Paradox

The online classified site is famously awful. But thanks to data-scraping startup, it has found support from a most unusual group: police.

T.C. Hawkins, 14 years old, lived with her mother in Memphis, Tennessee. According to police, this past July, a female neighbor asked her to babysit, and while she was over, convinced her to work as a prostitute. The neighbor then allegedly took her shopping for a slutty outfit, photographed her with her legs open, and advertised her on Backpage.com, the online classifieds site.

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Published on November 19, 2014 05:00
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