Feds Seize Backpage.com, ... An image of the current home page of the website backpage.com shows logos of U.S. law enforcement agencies after they seized the sex marketplace site April 6, 2018.

Federal investigators seized controversial classified advertising website Backpage.com on Friday, according to a notice posted overtop the site’s front page.

Former Backpage.com owner Michael Lacey is shown on Capitol Hill in Washington, at a Senate committee on Jan. 10, 2017. On Friday, Oct. 27, 2023, lawyers made closing statements at Lacey's trial ...