The front-page is the first page of a newspaper, magazine or other publication that is most visible. It contains the most important news stories of the day.
In this article, the term front-page is also used to refer to the main page of a website. The term is sometimes abbreviated as fp, although the OED does not list an entry for this phrase. See ‘Meaning & Use’ below for more information.
A newspaper’s front page will ideally contain the biggest news stories of the day, but some papers may have multiple significant stories that merit front-page status. The top of the front page will often tease other interesting stories that appear later in the edition.
Three anonymous Jane Does who alleged that they were sex trafficked as minors sued Backpage in 2014, accusing the adult services section of the site of facilitating sex trafficking through its business and editorial practices, the design of the website itself, and its failure to remove or flag ads that allegedly involved sex with minors. The federal court ruled that it could not determine whether the site substantially changed ads involving the Jane Does, which would disqualify the website from CDA Section 230 protection.
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