Going after the evil terrorists.......at Craigslist

[marmar]

from HuffPost:




Craigslist appears to have surrendered in a legal fight over erotic ads posted on its website, shutting down its adult services section Saturday and replacing it with a black bar that simply says "censored."

The move comes just over a week after a group of state attorneys general said there weren't enough protections against blocking potentially illegal ads promoting prostitution. It's not clear if the closure is permanent, and it appears to only affect ads in the United States.

The listings came under new scrutiny after the jailhouse suicide last month of a former medical student who was awaiting trial in the killing of a masseuse he met through Craigslist, a popular site that lets users post classified ads, often for free.

Craigslist's adult services section carried ads for everything from personal massages to a night's companionship, which critics say veered into prostitution.

Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster said in a May blog posting that the company's ads were no worse than those published by the alternative newspaper chain Village Voice Media. He cited one explicit ad which included the phrase: "anything goes $90." .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/04/craigslist-adult-services_0_n_705758.html

[RKP5637]

1. Yeah, doing this should fix everything in the US. Yep, it'll all go away now, will

make everyone good. Let's see, I smell an election year... The US is so childlike and immature...