The front page of a newspaper features the biggest news stories of the day. It usually has a big red masthead and eye-catching pictures and can tease what else is inside the edition. The front page of a website can also contain major stories. It may be used to introduce a site or greet visitors. It can also tease other pages on a site.
For example, Reddit describes itself as the front page of the Internet. Microsoft FrontPage was a WYSIWYG Web editor and Website creation tool that was included with Windows from 1997 to 2006.
In 2014, three Jane Does who had been sex trafficked as minors sued Backpage in federal court alleging that their traffickers used the website to post ads selling them for sex. The district court ruled that Backpage did not facilitate human trafficking, but the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that in one ad Backpage changed information about the Jane Does to make them appear adults, which removed the site’s protection under Section 230.
The reversal by the Court of Appeals sent the case back to the lower court for trial. In the meantime, Village Voice Media — the parent company of Backpage — launched a nationwide PR campaign to garner support from celebrities, politicians, journalists and others to bolster its position that it did not facilitate prostitution or human trafficking.