Right now I can go and give money using my Debit/CC to the KKK, Black Panthers or Hamas. Our government actually worked with both Visa and Master Card to not let Backpage take CC for payments. Our tax dollars hard at work.
Regardless of what happens with the criminal charges, I would bet the escort section will be gone from Backpage pretty soon. Much like they did with Craigslist.
It used to be, Craigslist was the most well known, then Backpage, then ASPD and Eccie.
Houston PD infiltrated ASPD and it was shut down (after Amber's passing).
They shut down Craigslist (for a while, and to some extent still today).
Backpage is going down.
Eccie is the next clear target. We should watch our backs. Be careful, use hobby phones, etc.