President Trump signed a bill
Wednesday that gives federal and state prosecutors greater power to
pursue websites that host sex-trafficking ads and enables victims and
state attorneys general to file lawsuits against those sites.
Addressing
the victims and family members in attendance, the president said, “I’m
signing this bill in your honor. … You have endured what no person on
Earth should ever have to endure.” Trump added, “This is a great piece
of legislation, and it’s really going to make a difference.”
The bill, nicknamed “FOSTA”
for its title, “Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex
Trafficking Act,” goes into effect immediately, but its impact was
already being seen around the Internet as sites shut down sex-related
areas and stopped accepting sex-related advertising.
“FOSTA gives prosecutors the tools they need,” said Rep. Ann Wagner
(R-Mo.), chief sponsor of the bill, “to ensure that no online business
can ever approach the size of Backpage again.”
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