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Craigslist Gets Heat For Prostitution Ads

Verne Kopytoff writes on The San Francisco Chronicle's "The Tech Chronicles" Blog:

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today threatened legal action against Craigslist if it does not curb prostitutes from advertising their services on its Web site.

In a letter to Craigslist today, he took the San Francisco Web site to task for failing to have someone on staff to review postings by prostitutes, many of which use a section for "erotic services." Although Craigslist, a largely free online classified service, touts measures to ban illegal activities and to remove inappropriate postings, its actions are inadequate, he concluded.

posted by Fergie @ 3/27/2008 05:23:00 PM