Documentary on child sex trafficking points finger at Backpage.com

Documentary on child sex trafficking points finger at Backpage.com:

Film exposes underworld of U.S. children sold online for sex

"In her documentary film, "I Am Jane Doe", Mazzio chronicles the stories of sex-trafficked teens who have embarked on quixotic legal battles against the online classified advertising website, among the world's largest."

"Backpage's general counsel, Liz McDougall, said she could not comment on the film because she had not seen it."
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""I Am Jane Doe" opens in select U.S. cinemas on Friday. [February 10, 2017]"

"Half its profits will be donated to organisations helping victims of child sex-trafficking, Mazzio said."

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(Reporting by Sebastien Malo @sebastienmalo, Editing by Lyndsay Griffiths. Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking, property rights, climate change and resilience. Visit http://news.trust.org)