The casual encounters section of the Craigslist website still seems to host ads alluding to sexual services and prostitution.
The ads discovered across a number of regional Craigslist sites explicitly mention monetary exchange for sexual favors, seek "fun time$," offer a massage from an "attractive independent female" or seek a "mutually beneficial" meeting, reports ABC News.
Craigslist Finally Dumps Its 'Adult Service' Ad Section
The popular website for classified ads Craigslist has blocked access to its 'adult services' section.
Just a few days ago, the Adult Services section was replaced after a group of state attorneys general had released a statement that they believed the section should be eliminated.
"We hope to work closely with them, as we are with experts at nonprofits and in law enforcement, to prevent misuse of our site in facilitation of trafficking," Craigslist spokeswoman Susan MacTavish Best said last week.
In the past, Craigslist has maintained that the Adult Services section was for legitimate adult services, not prostitution.
Source: ANI
In the past, Craigslist has maintained that the Adult Services section was for legitimate adult services, not prostitution.
Source: ANI
Craigslist Looks at Ways of Preventing Misuse of Its Site
Online marketplace Craigslist says it needs to look at measures which can prevent the misuse of the site, following allegations that it helps promote prostitution.
Despite Pleas from Victims, Craigslist Refuses to "End Sex Trafficking on Its Site'Recently, female victims of sex trafficking on the website Craigslist pleaded with founder Craig Newmark to delete the adult services section of the site, where sex ads are frequently |
American Arrested For Allegedly Arranging Wife's Rape On Craigslist
A 25-year-old American man, who allegedly used the online advertising service Craigslist to arrange his own wife's rape, has been arrested.
