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| Tweet Topic Started: May 13 2009, 08:26 AM (98 Views) | |
| George K | May 13 2009, 08:26 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=7575574&page=1 http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=7575574&page=1 Illinois Attorney General Says Web Site to Drop 'Erotic Services' Ads, Create New Adult Section By SCOTT MICHELS May 13, 2009— Under pressure from law enforcement officials, the popular Web site Craigslist plans to get rid of its controversial "erotic services" section, the Illinois Attorney General's Office said today. The ads section will be replaced with a new adult services category that site employees will review. Details of the section were not immediately available from Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office. Craigslist officials could not immediately be reached for comment Wednesday. Madigan and the attorneys general for Connecticut and Missouri met with Craigslist lawyers last week, demanding the site to remove ads they contend are advertisements for illegal sexual activities. The South Carolina attorney general last week also threatened a criminal investigation of Craigslist officials if the site did not remove postings he said were pornographic or encouraged prostitution. Craigslist has come under increasing scrutiny because of several high-profile alleged crimes that have involved the Web site, most recently those of the so-called "Craigslist Killer" who police say targeted women who advertised exotic services on the site. In a statement posted on his blog last week, Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster said the site would work with the attorneys general to minimize misuse of the site but said "we see no legal basis whatsoever for filing a lawsuit against Craigslist or its principals and hope that the [South Carolina] Attorney General will realize this upon further reflection." Craigslist signed an agreement in November with more than 40 attorneys general in which Craigslist said it would take a number of steps to combat online prostitution, including charging people who post ads in the "erotic services" section $5 to $10 and requiring them to submit a working phone number to use the site. The information can be used by law enforcement to investigate suspected illegal activity. The attorneys general have argued that the company was not living up to its end of the bargain and was not doing enough to keep pornography and prostitution off the site. |
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| Frank_W | May 13 2009, 08:36 AM Post #2 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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Man, if people are cruising Craig's List to find a date, they've got a bad problem. The online world, just like the regular world, has some pretty fcuked-up places. Jeez... In a world without common sense, the only possible recourse is to legislate. Darwin weeps...
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In a world without common sense, the only possible recourse is to legislate. Darwin weeps...

6:14 AM Jul 11