Request of craigslist users tired of seeing adult services ads mixed into the personals category. with rising pressure in 2010, craigslist agreed to shut down their adult services site. but the company gave no reason why and refused any comment when msnbc inquired about it. in conclusion, i d like to reiterate two items that may be helpful to the committee. first, craigslist discontinued its adult services section on september 3rd, 2010, and there are no plans to reinstate the category. those who formerly posted ads in the adult services category will have to advertise elsewhere. second, craigslist has always taken pride in assisting law enforcement and will continue to do so in the future. while craigslist discontinued their adult services in the u.s., there are other websites where users can buy sex, with
Internet has fueled an explosion of the selling of women and teens. it increases the vulnerability and accessibility of women for sale and at the same time it increases the anonymity and privacy of the john. websites empower anyone with a laptop to market girls under their control and provide men with a risk-free place to buy them. prior to september 2010, craigslist s adult services site was one of the most popular destinations for those seeking illicit sex or looking to sell it. until recently, craigslist included an adult services category. it was created in 2001 at the request of craigslist users tired of seeing adult services ads mixed into the personals categories. but with rising legal pressure from state attorneys general and a congressional hearing on september 8th, 2010,
Craigslist agreed to shut down their adult services site. but the company gave no reason why and refused any comment when msnbc inquired about it. in conclusion, i would like to reiterate two items that might be helpful to the committee. first, craigslist discontinued its adult services section on september 3rd, 2010, and there are no plans to reinstate the category. those who formerly posted ads in the adult services category will now have to advertise elsewhere. and second, craigslist has always taken pride in assisting law enforcement and we will continue to do so in the future. but while craigslist has discontinued their adult services sites in the u.s., there remain many other websites where users can buy sex, with thousands of new postings each and every day. these are advertisements for prostitution, placed by pimps. using coy code words like roses or diamonds, these ads show men just what they re
Pressure from state attorneys general and a congressional hearing, craigslist agreed to shut down their adult services site. but the company gave no reason why and refused any comment when msnbc inquiried about it. in conclusion, i d like to reiterate two items that may be helpful to the committee. first, craigslist discontinued its adults services section on september 3rd, 2010, and this are no plans to reinstate the category. those who formerly posted ads in that category will now have to advertise elsewhere. second, craigslist has always taken pride in assisting law enforcement and we will continue to do so in the future. but while craigslist has discontinued their adult services sites in the u.s., there remain many other websites where users can buy sex with thousands of new postings each and every day. these are advertisements for prostitution, placed by pimps.
General in a hearing on september 8th, 2010, craigslist decided to shut down their adult services site. but the country gave no reason why and refused comment when msnbc inquired about it. in conclusion, i d like to reiterate two items that may be helpful to the committee. first, craigslist discontinued its adult services section in 2010 and there are no plans to reinstate the category. those who former lly advertised will have to advertise elsewhere. and craigslist has always helped law enforcement and will continue in the future. but there remain many other websites where users can buy sex with thousands of new posting each and every day. these are advertisements for prostitution placed by pimps. using code words like roses