An incident with an apparently bad cop in
Washington DC has probably put a little more future on Congress to pay
attention to the proposal of state attorneys general to exempt state criminal
laws from the downstream liability exemptions provided by Section 230. Of course, Washington DC law is essentially “federal
law” and is prosecuted by United States attorneys, rather than county DA’s as
in “real life”.
A copy was apparently helping run prostitution ring
or pimping girls from his SE Washington DC apartment. WJLA reports he was using “Backpage.com” for
ads, and Backpage is one of the sites that many DA’s claims hides unfairly
under Section 230.
If the girls were not of legal age, however, there
might be other ways to involve a web operator in prosecution, particularly if
the operator knew they were underage.
ABC Affiliate WJLA’s story is here. It just aired on television a few
minute ago.
Remember Ashton Kutcher’s campaign. “Real men don’t
buy girls” or anyone.
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