Posted on 03/23/2018 9:04:27 AM PDT by Red Badger
Craigslist has yanked its personal ads section in the wake of an anti-online sex trafficking bill that passed in Congress this week.
The Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, or FOSTA, makes websites criminally liable for content that its users post, including prostitution ads and sex-trafficking content.
Craigslist — whose personals include bawdy categories such as casual encounters — said it pulled ads because it wasn’t worth running afoul of the new law.
“Any tool or service can be misused,” the website said in a statement. “We can’t take such risk without jeopardizing all our other services, so we are regretfully taking craigslist personals offline. Hopefully we can bring them back some day.”
It added, “To the millions of spouses, partners, and couples who met through craigslist, we wish you every happiness!”
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Did he get her number?...............
Beechwood 45789
“Don’t contact seller with other offers”
Doesn’t work any more. Have to use an area code
Good. Nothing good can come from these personals on Craigslist.
Now they should move law enforcement to the other spaces...
Where else can you buy a 1987 Chevy Monte Carlo, good for parts only?...............
The intention of the law is to prevent sex trafficing, but it seems to me it would easier to crack down on that if trsfficers were openly posting ads for it.
“Doesn’t work any more. Have to use an area code”
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Only if it’s outside your own area code.
One day we will be completely enslaved......oh sorry I meant safe, ya that's what I meant safe.
Houston has 10-digit dialing on all calls and 4 area codes. I doubt it’t the only city like that.
back to those little newspaper kiosks at the interstate rest areas...
BR-549
“Houston has 10-digit dialing on all calls and 4 area codes. I doubt it’t the only city like that.”
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I’ve never run into it myself. When I call my friend in Hong Kong it’s about that long, though.
Like seat belts. Seat belts are a good idea. You should wear them for safety. It’s all about safety.
Now....We will use the seat belt as an excuse to pull you over anything we want to. And we will charge you $150 for not wearing one.
They used to need a reason to stop you. Broken taillight or something such as that. Not now.
guess congress doesn’t think we need that first amendment after all. Why bother to keep the second? the folks who use CL for dating need their heads examined but wow this sounds dangerous.
1-800-Hil-lary
They're talking about Bill Clinton, aren't they?
Leave it to him to spoil things for the rest of us...
Ebay is out of the question.
I’ve given up on that for the most part.
I don’t know about that. It seems like a pretty clever way to get free naked pictures of a young lady...
Now I’m wondering how my next fling with some infected psycho is going to happen
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