Unbelievable! Craigslist completely shut down 'adult services' section!

September 4th, 2010
Craigslist removes 'adult services' section, calling it 'censored'
<<Under pressure from lawmakers and several State Attorney Generals, Craigslist has removed its adult services section, replacing it with a black bar that says "censored." >>

I can't believe they gave in to the pressure from the government so easily! While I never had a need to use that section, I personally know several people here in my local area that have used it on a regular basis =)
From an Internet Marketing standpoint, this may eat away at web site traffic for some forum members. Any thoughts?

 

I think something like that happened in GumTree also. They closed few sections!

 

I saw that coming.

 

That sucks - oh well now everyone has to find or make up a new site for their adult site shenanigans. If anyone knows about a good free adult forum - I would be interested in knowing about it.

 

I, as someone else stated above, saw this one coming.

 

No more BDSM on Craigslist? That's sad...

 

it is called freedom of speech. what is the difference between US and China, except geolocation?

 

Prostitution is illegal in the US and promoting it is also considered a crime . As for freedom it heard they're planing to introduce some cretinous law in Georgia .

 

Craigslist not promoting prostitution, it just advertising media. Closing that category will not resolve the problem. Other websites will replace it or other media will come as replacement.
Websites are not liable for content posted by users under section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
The prostitution was around before and will stay. If government really wants resolve this, they should contact people advertising these services and not the media itself. All that is just politics and some politicians just trying to gain some cheap point.
The question why eBay classifieds are out of scope? Why politicians can use sexual services, but accusing other doing that?

 

Hookers are crying.

 

I heard in the news the other day that a serial killer might be using craiglist to search for its next victim. So I think shutting down the adult section propagated from some indirect form of crimes that had transpired.

 

so what? You have an escort service or something?

 

Lol it's like Craigslist has gone bust or something.

 

can someone tell me how exactly Craigslist earns money? I read that they were charging for the adult services somewhere, but aside from that? What good is this website to the person who founded it, financially?

I think there was also issues arising from child prostitution and other stuff being advertised on that site, which might explain the quick agreement to remove that section.

 

that's not gonna stop human trafficing and child pros, they can just make their own site.