Source: Senator Cathrine Cortez Masto - (D - NV)
Washington, D.C. - November 4, 2017 (The Ponder News) -- U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) along with U.S. Senators Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) announced their support of the bipartisan Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA), a bill to crack down on sex trafficking and ensure justice for victims.
“Sex trafficking is a despicable crime that is too often facilitated by nefarious websites like Backpage,” said the senators. “These companies knowingly profit off the pain of others and must be held accountable. This legislation ensures victims receive their day in court and empowers state attorneys general to seek justice. We applaud the hard work of the bill’s authors and are proud to join in support.”
SESTA was written in response to a two-year Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) inquiry which found that Backpage.com knowingly facilitated criminal sex trafficking of vulnerable women and young girls and then covered up evidence of these crimes in order to increase its own profits. The report from the subcommittee can be found here.
The bill would allow victims of sex trafficking to seek justice against websites that knowingly facilitated the crimes against them and eliminate federal liability protections for websites that assist, support, or facilitate a violation of federal sex trafficking laws. In addition, the law would enable state law enforcement officials, not just the federal Department of Justice, to take action against individuals or businesses that violate federal sex trafficking laws.
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HBO's Blunder: Confederate
Anyone who really knows history understands that the civil war was not about slavery, it was about state's rights. Slavery just happened to be an issue that had already been rectified in the Northern States, and it was on its way out in the South, taking longer because of the nature of the economy at that time.
HBO has decided that if the South had won, slavery would still exist today. What would the world be like then?
Their newest project "The Confederacy" explores this idea, to the chagrin of many Southerners who don't like the idea of the series.
Some newspapers claim that it hits "too close to home" being the reason for the outcries against the series.
You decide:
HBO has decided that if the South had won, slavery would still exist today. What would the world be like then?
Their newest project "The Confederacy" explores this idea, to the chagrin of many Southerners who don't like the idea of the series.
Some newspapers claim that it hits "too close to home" being the reason for the outcries against the series.
You decide:
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