Craigslist shuts down adult services section

[Seedersandleechers]

HARTFORD, Conn. | Craigslist has apparently closed the adult services section of its website, two weeks after 17 state attorneys general demanded it shut down the section.

The section had been replaced today by a “censored” logo.

Craigslist did not immediately return an e-mail seeking comment.

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, one of the AGs who pressed for the change, said in a written statement that he welcomed the change and was trying to verify Craigslist’s official policy going forward.





http://www.kansascity.com/2010/09/04/2199092/craigslist-shuts-down-adult-services.html

Good or bad?

[DavidDvorkin]

1. Puritanism wins again.

[Vickers]

2. Yup. n/t

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

8. Because there is nothing more progressive than...

An online clearing house for sexual exploitation

[joshcryer]

11. Prostitution was a small part of it, homosexual ads were far more likely.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. The Personal Ads Are Still Up

Now, that's where all the "professionals" will advertise.

[DavidDvorkin]

15. Some of it in evidence right here on DU, in this thread.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

18. Indeed objecting to giving pimps a megaphone = puritanism

[proteus_lives]

28. Sad but yes.

[AnArmyVeteran]

3. Where will right wing extremist, conservative Christians find 'dates' now?

[joshcryer]

12. Nice.

[indy legend]

56. I thought these right wing fuckers wanted government OUT of our lives

[wookie72]

4. Eh..

The whole idea of people hooking up through Craigslits sounds creepy and depressing to me. And it's not like there aren't other outlets.

[Teaser]

9. Who cares if it's creepy to you?

Sometimes people just want to get laid. I don't really have a problem with it.

[wookie72]

42. I have little sympathy for Craigslist

because they've help ruin the newspaper industry. Is that petty? i guess so.

[Teaser]

5. On what legal basis was this demand made?

.

[joshcryer]

10. Prostitution. But the real reason is they hate homosexuals.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

21. The Personals Are Still Up

type in craigslist , the type in personals.

It's sex for pay they are targeting.

[joshcryer]

23. Gotcha, not that I ever went to "adult services" but I thought there were a lot of homosexual ads...

...there.

[Recursion]

34. Which will now overwhelm the "personals" section

There used to be no "Adult Services" or "Erotic Services" section. They put it in because it was overwhelming the real personals ads.

[Teaser]

40. So it's still possible to find threesome partners?

sweet.

[Quantess]

24. Who is/are "they"?

(edit grammar)

[SoxFan]

30. Bullshit

This came about after there were several incidents where women were beaten or killed by "customers". Richard Blumenthal and Martha Coakley are two of the most progressive attorneys general in the country, and they both ran out of patience with Craigslist a long time ago.

[joshcryer]

37. Fair enough, but this won't end it.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

47. I Am Ambivalent About Prostitution

That sex is turned into a commodity but that's another discussion.

A lot of these women will be pushed backed onto the street. It's much more dangerous. At least, the net allows for some screening, and there is an electronic trail.

Those who sell sex will just find another venue.

[jberryhill]

48. Solicitation and pandering

In most states solicitation of prostitution is illegal, as is advertising it (generally called pandering, which is casually called pimping).

The communications themselves are unlawful, so it's not a question about whether the underlying prostitution is unlawful.

[joshcryer]

6. Never ceases to amaze me every time conservatives are against the free market.

[kimmerspixelated]

39. BS! It's frickin' dangerous to meet up with strangers!

There are a lot of victims. There needs to be some control!

[meow mix]

7. whew.. thank goodness im being shielded from such wicked devilry

now my mouse cannot mysteriously click on these sections, against my will

[msongs]

14. do you really want your 7 old kids looking for hookers on craigslist? there are NO access controls

on craiglist so their "adult" section is really accessible to anyone.

[joshcryer]

16. Your 7 year old should not be running a computer without a whitelist of sites to go to.

[Luciferous]

32. Yep, if you have a child that young on the internet they should

be supervised anyway... and who has 7 year old kids perusing Craigslist?!

[krabigirl]

54. Exactly. So tired of this mentality. Parent your kids! And let adults do their thing.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

20. sure. saves me time and effort.

Freedom of religion, so long as it is conservative christian
Freedom of speech, so long as it is puritan in nature
Freedom to procure medical devices and drugs, so long as we pay a premium, while the same drug costs 1/10 across the canadian border.
Freedom . . .

[WorseBeforeBetter]

25. Yes, those "I really truly promise I am 18 so let me in!" access controls...

on porn sites are highly effective. A neighbor's 8-year-old son had a grand ol' time at big boobs sites until he was busted (ark, ark). At some point he moved onto anal, and the neighbor finally realized (duh) that it wasn't such a great idea for Little Johnny to have his own laptop with no adult supervision.

[joshcryer]

26. In my day the only porn I had was National Geographic and World Book. :(

[WorseBeforeBetter]

27. LOL I'll add to that the underwear dudes in the Sears catalog.

I remember in 6th grade thumbing through the bodice rippers at Peoples Drug Store to read about... French kissing. Ooh la la!

[L0oniX]

33. Fredricks of Hollywood rox

[liberal N proud]

17. Freedom of speech or freedom of press does not apply?

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

22. freedom of speech doesn't really apply to commercial solicitations

Just ask the telemarketing industry,

[Recursion]

36. Not on Craig Newmark's server

No more than on DU.

[jberryhill]

49. No - not to solicitation or pandering

The statement, "I will have sex for you for fifty dollars" is an illegal solicitation of prostitution

[Nailzberg]

19. Bummer.

[Recursion]

29. So now we will see *more* dirty ads on Craigslist

Because the "masseuses" will put them in other sections.

[PBS Poll-435]

31. Flag 'em. nt

[Recursion]

35. Yet the "Erotic gigs" section simply is gone, with no "censored"

That's odd.

[jberryhill]

38. In Other News DU Lounge Sees Spike In Posting Activity /nt

[L0oniX]

41. So now they will be walking the streets ...nice.

[applegrove]

43. Good. Some of the women are being exploited. SHUT IT DOWN!

[joshcryer]

44. Apparently Backpage.com has been their site of choice for years now, anyway.

They just crosspost to Craigslist.

[Hugabear]

45. Why not just legalize it, regulate it, and tax it

By legalizing and regulating prostitution, it would go a long way towards fixing a lot of the problems associated with it. But since it's illegal and unregulated, it leaves it open for organized crime to step in and run it.

[joshcryer]

46. One caveat (I';m against sex workers, for different reasons): no pimps, only coops with government..

...oversight.

[marmar]

50. But in less Puritanically Silly countries like Canada and the UK.....

the adult services ads remain.


http://london.craigslist.co.uk/

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/


Just check out the "erotic" section under services.....

[seabeyond]

51. josh pointed out last night over two times more rapes in canada than u.s.

less puritanically silly, but... not utopia.

i dont know anything about craig list adn care even less about it.

just saying

[marmar]

52. What about the UK? Their rate of rape is much lower than ours.

:shrug:

And I don't think the existence of Craigslist has an impact on the rape statistics. Just sayin'. ......

[lib2DaBone]

53. There is more law enforcement on Craigslist than advertisers...

Police have nothing better to do than sit and lurk on Craigslist all day... save us from a "Happy Ending"....

[Blue_Tires]

55. eh, a lot of those ads were from spammers to begin with...

or...well, so I heard from somebody certainly other than myself..