Backpage

Type of business	Web communications
Available in	English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Russian, Chinese, Finnish, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, and Turkish
Founded	2004
Owner	Atlantische Bedrijven CV; Former owner: Village Voice Media
Launched	2004; 22 years ago
Current status	Seized as of April 6, 2018

Backpage.com was a classified advertising website founded in 2004.

Backpage Media

U.S. Senator from Connecticut Richard Blumenthal: As state AG, he pressured Craigslist to drop its adult ads; as Senator, he became a vociferous opponent of Backpage. (Senate Democrats / CC-BY 2.0)
Screenshot of the webpage on April 13, 2018, following the seizure of Backpage on April 6, 2018.
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof (left) wrote several pieces denouncing Village Voice Media; VVM responded by criticizing Kristof's journalism. (DFID-UK Department of International Development)
Federal Judge Richard Posner at Harvard University
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton partnered with Harris on the 2016 Backpage busts.
U.S. Senator Rob Portman of Ohio chaired the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) during the Jan. 10, 2017 Backpage hearing.