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Backpage's Shuttering Of Sex Ads May Have Sparked Rise In Street Prostitution
- The New York Times, Monday, March 13, 2017 4:38 PM
Police in San Jose have seen a "conspicuous rise in street prostitution" since Backpage shuttered its sex ads. “When Backpage was running adult ads, we used to get tips, but that has dropped off,” San Jose Police Department Sergeant Eric Quan told The New York Times. said. “It makes it a lot more complicated for us to figure out what’s going on.”
Some advocates who fight sex trafficking say Backpage's decision was a step in the right direction, but "more an inconvenience than a crippling blow," the Times writes.
