Washington, July 30 (ANI): Three American teenagers have sued a sex website Backpage.com, accusing it of enabling their exploitation.
Two 13-year-old girls and one 15-year-old from Seattle claimed that 'they were sold online for sex,' and filed the lawsuit on Friday in Pierce County Superior Court against the controversial website.
Backpage, which is owned by Village Voice Media in New York, is a popular online destination for escort services.
The company has been under heavy pressure to change the way it operates.
According to the Daily Mail, the lawsuit alleged that photos of the underage girls in skimpy garb appeared in numerous ads on the site, paid for by their pimps.
It accuses the owners of doing nothing to prevent it, the report said.
According to a report by the News Tribune, the website require ad buyers to click an on-screen button to verify that the users are 18 or older, but the lawsuit alleges 'it's not much of a deterrent'.
Meanwhile, Seattle attorney Liz McDougall, who represents Backpage's corporate owners, said the lawsuit will not pass legal muster and is barred by federal law. (ANI)
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