Seattle.gov Home / City Services / City of Seattle News Releases / News Release Query Results

How do I...

City Departments

Select a Department Animal Shelter Arts & Cultural Affairs Boards & Commissions Cable Communications City Attorney City Auditor City Budget Office City Clerk City Council City Design City Light Civil Rights Civil Service Commission Consumer Affairs Contracting Services Customer Service Bureau Design Commission Economic Development Emergency Management Ethics and Elections Executive Administration Film and Music Office Finance & Admn Svcs Fire Department Fleets & Facilities Health Department Hearing Examiner Housing Human Services Immigrant & Refugee Affairs Information Technology Intergovernmental Relations Law Department Library LGBT Commission Mayor Municipal Archives Municipal Court Neighborhoods Parks and Recreation Personnel Planning & Development Planning Commission Police Department Public Safety CSC Public Utilities Purchasing Services Retirement Office Revenue & Consumers Seattle Center Seattle Channel Special Events Office Sustainability & Environment Transportation Women‘s Commission Youth Commission

Print this Page  

City of Seattle

---

Mike McGinn, Mayor

NEWS ADVISORY

SUBJECT: US Conference of Mayors passes resolution calling on Backpage.com to stop advertising children for sex

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
6/16/2012  8:00:00 AM

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Aaron Pickus  (206) 684-4000

US Conference of Mayors passes resolution calling on Backpage.com to stop advertising children for sex
McGinn thanks US Conference of Mayors for joining national coalition
calling on Village Voice Media to adopt in-person age verification for online escort ads

SEATTLE - Today the U.S. Conference of Mayors passed a resolution calling on Village Voice Media to adopt in-person age verification for online escort ads. The resolution, sponsored by Mayor Mike McGinn, was adopted during the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Orlando, Florida.

"The time is long past for Village Voice Media to adopt the only effective policy to fight the trafficking of minors for sex on Backpage.Com: in-person age verification," said McGinn. "I thank my fellow mayors across the country for formally joining the national effort asking Village Voice Media to protect children, not profits. Washington State is a leader in this effort, including State Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles championing state legislation passed this year that makes advertising the commercial sexual exploitation of a minor a felony offense."

The resolution was also sponsored by the following mayors across the country:

• Mayor Sam Adams, Portland, Oregon,
• Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York City, New York,
• Mayor Tim Leavitt, Vancouver, Washington,
• Mayor Edwin M. Lee, San Francisco, California,
• Mayor Pete Lewis, Auburn, Washington,
• Mayor John Marchione, Redmond, Washington,
• Mayor Michael Nutter, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Vice President)
• Mayor Annise Parker, Houston, Texas (Chair, Committee on Criminal and Social Justice),
• Mayor Skip Priest, Federal Way, Washington,
• Mayor Jerry Sanders, San Diego, California,
• Mayor Pedro E. Segarra, Hartford, Connecticut
• Mayor Paul Soglin, Madison, Wisconsin,
• Mayor Marilyn Strickland, Tacoma, Washington,
• Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles, California.

- 30 -

Office of the Mayor

Back to News Release Home Page and News Release Search