G (a minor) v. Salesforce.com, Inc.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION G.G. (a minor), et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) No. 20-cv-02335 v. ) ) Judge Andrea R. Wood SALESFORCE.COM, INC., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER When G.G. was thirteen years old, she ran away from home and fell into the hands of a sex trafficker. The trafficker posted advertisements for sex with G.G. on the classified ad website run by Backpage.com (“Backpage”).1 As alleged in the complaint, Backpage did not just allow but encouraged these types of illegal ads, to the point of becoming a…