https://www.cnet.com/news/official-doj-backpage-seized-by-federal-law-enforcement-update/

Backpage.com, a classifed ads site akin to Craiglist, was wiped off the face of the web this past Friday. The image you see above is all that's left.

What happened? On Monday, the US Department of Justice officially confirmed that it had seized the website, calling it "the Internet's leading forum for prostitution ads." 7 people have been charged with 93 counts of various crimes, including "conspiracy to facilitate prostitution" and money laundering.