CENSORED: Craigslist Adult Services Blocked in U.S.
September 4, 2010
Craigslist has finally made changes to its website early Saturday morning, censoring its “adult services” section in the United States.
Craigslist has been under fire for years for facilitating prostitution via its “adult services” section. Last week the attorney generals from 17 states collectively made a call to action for Craigslist to once and for all remove this portion of the site.
The question remains, however, if the efforts to halt the advertising of prostitution on Craigslist will have any real effect on slowing down of the use of the internet to solicit prostitution or if the practice will just shift would be prostitutes to other sites. Backpage.com and other similar sites have received much less of the bad press but provide a similar platform for the solicitation of prostitution.
A CNN investigation of Craiglist’s “adult services” section, tallied more than 7,000 ads in a single day country wide. While Craigslist may indeed be the biggest site facilitating prostitution, it certainly is not alone.
It’s also worth noting that the 2009 “Craigslist Killing” of Julissa Brisman was purportedly the result of an ad posted on… Keep reading
