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WASHINGTON ? The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs voted unanimously Wednesday to pursue civil contempt charges against Backpage.com, a Dallas-based online classified ad site, for refusing to disclose how it monitors its adult services ads for signs of sex trafficking.
If the full Senate votes to hold the company in civil contempt, a federal court would be able to rule on the subpoenas that Backpage has been served and potentially enforce them through a court order. It would also make Backpage the first entity held in contempt by the Senate in two decades.
?We have given Backpage.com every opportunity to comply with a lawful subpoena, but they have continued to stonewall,? said Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., in a joint statement.