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Grammy award  winning artist Alicia Keys is using her fame and influence to help shut down sex trafficking in our country. She is starting with one of the biggest players!

Several big-name musicians have joined the fight to shut down the adult section on Backpage.com, a website featuring classified ads and owned by Village Voice Media.

The site has come under fire by a wide range of critics, including 48 attorneys general, who say Backpage is not doing enough to keep underage girls out of the sex ads.  Artists including former R.E.M. band mates, Pearl Jam and Alicia Keys have added their names to a petition on Change.org asking the website to stop running the ads.

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In a statement, Mike Mills, formerly of R.E.M., said, “Village Voice Media has a history of being a strong advocate for the arts, reporting extensively on musicians and their work in its 13 weeklies across the country. That musicians are now speaking out … should send a clear message to the company that it needs to take action to ensure no child is sexually exploited through use of its site.”

The Roots, Drive-By-Truckers and The Civil Wars have also added their names to the petition.

One industry analysis firm estimated that Backpage.com makes $22 million a year from the sale of ads in the adult category.

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Alicia Keys & The Roots Wants Them To Shut It Down! Read Why They Are Angry!  was originally published on elev8.com