Advocate.com: Craigslist Censors Adult Services Section
The classified advertisement website Craigslist announced Saturday it would censor its ads for adult services.
The move came after a group of 17 attorneys general sent a letter to the Craigslist management to cease its adult services section. Now, the website shows a black “censored” bar over the space where “adult services” existed.
“The increasingly sharp public criticism of Craigslist’s Adult Services section reflects a growing recognition that ads for prostitution — including ads trafficking children — are rampant on it,” read the August 24 letter to Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster and Founder Craig Newmark.
Susan MacTavish Best, who handles press inquiries for Craigslist told CNN the company supports the attorneys general’s “desire to end trafficking in children and women through the internet or by any other means.” She added the company will work closely with them, experts at nonprofit organizations, and law enforcement.