Backpage.com is committed to preventing those who are intent on misusing the site for illegal purposes. We have implemented a series of new safety enhancements over the past several months to better protect our communities and will continue to further increase our safety practices.
-- Steve Suskin
Backpage.com spokesperson
sps@backpage.com
Backpage.com Safety & Security Measures
The following are some examples of recent safety measures that Backpage.com has implemented.
Implementing Stronger Policies to Prevent Illegal Activity
- Implemented no nudity policy
- Implemented strict content policies to prevent illegal activity
- Implemented stricter image content standards
Preventing Inappropriate Content
- Images are reviewed for compliance with content policies
- Keyword searches conducted across site to locate inappropriate or illegal content
- Banned inappropriate terms list utilized to identify and prevent illegal content
- Child exploitation response process used to prioritize child related matters
Increasing Online Classified Ad Controls to Prevent Abuse
- Inappropriate ad content removed
- Known bad URLs blocked from being posted on site
- HTML images blocked in ads (except for trusted users)
- Character limit on ads (ad size) reduced significantly
- Users attempting to inappropriately edit ads after review/approval blocked from ad editing process
- All ads edited by user after initial review and approval are reviewed again
- Built tool to restrict ad poster capabilities for policy violations
- Suspicious URLs linked to off-site destinations reviewed manually by staff for appropriateness
- Ad moderator accountability system implemented to increase quality and efficiency and moderation staff increased significantly
- Built quality assurance tool to increase ad moderator effectiveness
- Two tier system used to moderate content to increase quality of ad review
- Time alerts utilized to ensure ads are reviewed within 20 minutes of upload
- Ads deleted for egregious violations of Terms of Use
- CAPTCHAs added to report abuse process to prevent abuse reporting misuse
- Increased security measures to better protect user information
Partnering with Law Enforcement and Safety Advocates/Experts
- Added time, date, and time zone stamps to improve quality of information provided to law enforcement
- Ads containing possible minors investigated and referred to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
- All law enforcement inquiries involving minors given first response priority
- Worked with law enforcement to improve understandability of information provided during investigations
- Created FAQ document with each Cybertipline report to assist law enforcement
- Created an automated process to expedite ad reporting to NCMEC.
- Child safety experts enlisted to help guide safety strategies and help prevent illegal misuse of Backpage.com
Click here to download the Backpage Safety & Security Measures (Updated 9/29) in PDF format.
When will the women > men section and the no strings attached section be re-opened?
ReplyDeleteThanks
I think its a good step. If we are going to keep the Internet as unregulated as possible, web site owners must self police and act in responsible manners.
ReplyDeleteGood steps!
Good and easy policies to go by. It is sad however that you have to even mention a lot of it especially when it comes to minors. It is a sad world we live when there are those who exploit innoscent children. It is good though that your website has the freedom of allowing these posts still and we, as citizens, have the freedom to post what we want. It is sad that things are not staying that way. Your site is great by the way, Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI've contacted BP several times to correct an error while posting. The first response I received was.
ReplyDelete"Hi there,
Our moderators removed this site because it is 'not safe for work'.
We realize this is a big change.
However, we think these changes are good for the site overall.
In the end we would like our site to be much more upscale."
I had no problem posting this same site in my previous ads with you. Its a "goole blog"
I'm now $90 and had an ad that looked like crap on your site all day yesterday.
If you're choosing to longer allow personal links on your site, then we can chose to advertise with a site that does.
If this is an error, then a message back to rectify the situation would be appreciated.
Kindly,
Rachael
Thanks for providing us our right to freedom or speech I truly believe their is a happy medium to where adults can do as they choose and to be sure nothing "illegal" is happening! Politicians and these adversary groups to stop self promoting for their own gain and capitalization and focus their attention on things in this world that are actually happening! Thanks Backpage and I truly hope you continue stand up for our rights, our first amendment and what it means to be an American ! Myself and thousands of others our behind you 100%
ReplyDeleteGreat article. Freedom of speech is fantastic.
ReplyDeleteBackpage why are you charging so much for sponsor ad when you allow haters to flag MARKETABLE, non nude photos just because??? You need to go down on your rates if you are going to remove professional photo of those who aren't violating your terms of service. If this continues then I will abandon advertising on your site for good. You would think that with all the money that we pay you consistently that you would treat your return customers fairly. Without us you would be nothing.
ReplyDeletePost ID: 6740653 kitchener this is a spam ad whoever is using this ad is spamming people the number on here is not even there number. They are using it without permission.
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