Craigslist Closes Adult Section
Craigslist Bows to Censorship, Closes Adult Services Section
Gang of 17 state attorneys general intimidate popular site into censoring its users’ ads
Bowing to years of threats and intimidation by 17 state attorneys general, Craigslist has shuttered its Adult Services section, pilloried by the AGs for supposedly fostering prostitution and child abuse, problems which have festered for centuries.
The Craigslist home page now shows a black bar reading “censored” where the Adult Services link formerly appeared. Adult Services ads are estimated to have generated about $36 million of annual business for the nont-for-profit site, about a third of its total income.
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Posted on September 6th, 2010 at 4:33 pm