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Craigslist To Stop "Erotic Services" Ads

May 14, 2009 RSS Feed Print

Pressure from various state attorney generals has proven too much for Craigslist to bear. Yesterday the online classifieds site announced that it will no longer accept "erotic services" ads, and will remove the category entirely next week. What will replace that category is an "adult services" category that will contain "postings from legal adult service providers."

Craigslist will have to police this category to keep the attorney generals happy. Online businesspeople should take note that the Internet is quickly becoming less of a wild west than it used to be.

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It doesn't matter if they crack down on craigslist or not. The hookers will just start posting ads to sites like fairplayreviews.com

John of SD 7:29PM May 25, 2009

It doesn't matter if they crack down on craigslist. They will simply post their ads to sites like http://fairplayreviews.com and horndogs.info

ben dover of 7:27PM May 25, 2009

A lot of ads that too erotic is disturbing while at work....
Good move

bala 2:17AM May 16, 2009

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