This Is The Most Unpopular Opinion On Child Porn You'll Ever See — And I'm Asking You To Agree With It.

So here's the deal: Ashton Kutcher, Google, The Roots, and a ton of other famous people are pushing to get Backpage.com shut down over the sexual ads that involve trafficked women and child porn. Their intentions are in the right place. However, this video implies that their strategy is not. Your job is to decide what you think. You can start by watching this video and sharing it on Facebook.
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So here's the deal: Ashton Kutcher, Google, The Roots, and a ton of other famous people are pushing to get Backpage.com shut down over the sexual ads that involve trafficked women and child porn. Their intentions are in the right place. However, this video implies that their strategy is not. Your job is to decide what you think. You can start by watching this video and sharing it on Facebook.



If you want to hear more about what sex workers have to say (something the anti-trafficking movement tends to ignore), check out this really well-done article: Backpage.com Isn’t the Problem, Say Sex Workers.
ORIGINAL: Talk given by Julie Ruvolo at last week's Personal Democracy Forum in New York City. Found on PersonalDemocracy's YouTube channel by Andrew Rasiej.
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