Seattle Massage Parlors: WA lawmakers seek to ban sale of underage sex ads

Posted on January 25th, 2012 in Seattle massage parlors by massageseattle

… This is political pandering at its finest,” Suskin said.
Bruce Johnson, an attorney who is a leading scholar on the First Amendment and advertising, said the bill appears to run afoul of federal law.
The Communications Decency Act “severely hamstrings state regulation in this area,” Johnson said, adding that the bill may also be at odds with the U.S. Constitution’s Commerce Clause and the First Amendment.
Backpage.com has been the nation’s leading source of online sex escort ads since Craigslist.org shuttered its adult services section in September 2010.
Other sex-trafficking bills introduced Monday would strengthen rules against pimping out those with mental disabilities, permit the state to inspect foot massage parlors suspected as fronts for prostitution and make it easier to seize the assets of those with ties to sex trafficking in civil court.

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