CENSORED Bar Greets Adult Services Searchers at Craigslist [Censorship]

Seeking a hooker? Don’t go to Craigslist. The favored free website has ” censored” the adult services section indefinitely following a complaint made by a gaggle of state attorneys general regarding illegal ads promoting prostitution.

In addition to the complaint, timing could also be at play here: In the event you’ll recall, the opposite day here in Boston the ” Craigslist Killer” Philip Markoff offed himself while awaiting trial for the murder of a masseuse he had hired using Craigslist.

The black censored bar is likely to be the overall step in a chain of steps taken by Craigslist to soothe the crowd of 40 attorneys general who believed the organization wasn’t doing nearly enough to police prostitution on its sites. Earlier, in 2008 and 2009, Craigslist had adopted a policy that required a working phone number and a fee for all ads placed inside the adult services section. Later, a manual screening process was implemented for all adult ads. Now, the obvious final nail-an inaccessible section and censorship bar.

Craigslist says it’ll issue a press release on the adult services section, eventually, although no date was given. Perhaps they’ll upload an inventory. [ MSNBC ]

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