Ohio AG pleased Craigslist removed adult services
Craigslist.com
Posted: 09/05/2010
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio's Attorney General Richard Cordray says he's pleased that Craigslist apparently shut down its adult services section, a week and a half after a group of state attorneys general demanded the section be closed.
Craigslist replaced the adult services section on Saturday with a black bar that says "censored."
Cordray and other state attorneys general have said there weren't enough protections to block potentially illegal ads that promote prostitution and child trafficking.
The Ohio AG also says there's more to be done to prevent people from misusing the online service to promote human trafficking.
Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster said in a May blog posting that the company's ads were no worse than those published by the alternative newspaper chain Village Voice Media.
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