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Senate Holds Backpage.com In Contempt
- Wall Street Journal, Thursday, March 17, 2016 4:03 PM
The U.S. Senate voted 96-0 to hold Backpage.com in contempt for allegedly refusing to cooperate with an investigation over sex-trafficking ads. The resolution directs the Senate's legal counsel to sue the site in federal court. Backpage said in a statement that it “looks forward to a proper consideration of the important First Amendment constitutional issues by the judiciary -- the branch of government charged with protecting the constitutional rights of all Americans.”
