On the not to be mentioned dating/services site I was thinking the ads with just phone numbers were spam.
Are they actual and legitimate ads?
The new rules only allow you to post phone numbers only if you post a new ad.
AndreaI'm just curious what the rationale for the change is.
TER requires that the ad have a name when you post a review. So this new ad format will not work for reviews.
TER hasn't accepted ads from that site for reviews for a while.
I read this somewhere else, so I cannot be positive if it is true…but I thought it was something like this
The reason is because of the case against Backpage. Backpage clearly won on the immunity deal for being a website under federal law but they ruled in California their immunity did not extend to money laundering so therefore they can only post phone numbers because a phone number in and of itself apparently is okStop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017 (SESTA) S. 1693.
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