Federal prosecutors have been taking former classifieds website Backpage to task over allegations of facilitating child sex trafficking, with one government witness testifying that sex work doesn't exist; only sexual exploitation. Only one problem: Backpage's founders aren't on trial for child sex trafficking—they're facing charges that their site facilitated prostitution across state lines and that they laundered money using Bitcoin after payment processors cut off the site. The steady drumbeat of "child sex trafficking" messages was enough for U.S. District Court Judge Susan Brnovich to today grant the defense a ... (full story)