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A man was properly convicted on two counts of online impersonation for falsely advertising two women he was previously romantically involved with as prostitutes on Backpage.com, an appeals court in Texas ruled, finding the man’s “speech” was not deserving of constitutional protection and was “intolerable.” 

HOUSTON — A man was properly convicted on two counts of online impersonation for falsely advertising two women he was previously romantically involved with as prostitutes on Backpage.com, an appeals court in Texas ruled, finding the man’s “speech” was not deserving of constitutional protection and was “intolerable.” 

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