The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children said 73% of all child trafficking reports they received from the general public involved Backpage.com.

With his old buddy and former boss on trial, facing charges that could put Michael Lacey in prison for the rest of his life, Tony Ortega is nowhere to be seen.

Tony Ortega has for years deflected scrutiny of his involvement with underage sex trafficking ads on Backpage.com.

Tony Ortega’s entanglement with Backpage went well beyond his role of silencing those who opposed the sex trafficking trade he profited from.

As Tony Ortega entered The Village Voice, journalism went out the door and soulless moneymaking came in.

Dirty money from sex trafficking paid Ortega’s salary for five years and has bought his silence ever since he was fired over a decade ago.

Continuing his long record of defending sexual predators, blogger Tony Ortega went silent again as his friend and associate, rapist Paul Haggis, hit the latest snag in trying to get out of paying the $10 million judgment he owes to the woman he raped.

Tony Ortega, an apologist for hatemongers and criminals, supports bigotry and hatred that all too often ends in tragedy.

As a blogger and tabloid source, Ortega seeks attention by fabricating content

A perverted agenda: Ortega protects pedophiles and vilifies those who unmask them

As Americans mired in the Covid-19 epidemic turned to religion and prayer for solace, Tony Ortega mocked them.

From the twisted agenda of Tony Ortega