@thegibson@hackers.town also, most of the folks writing and pushing for these things have zero involvement with many human trafficking nonprofits/orgs.

They're making rules that don't address major concerns, like the patterns seen for Missing, Murdered, and Indigenous Women. Changes to restraining orders and resources for folks who feel like someone is trying to kidnap or stalk them seem like very reasonable places to start.

The only conclusion I can see is that politicians aren't trying to prevent these things if the bodies aren't white and upper middle class or above. Because that's the only 'perceived' demographic that these laws could ever possibly positively impact, and yet, they're also hitting tons of sex workers in just those demographics, too.

So uh, IMO, both inept and also probably racist. Sounds about right.