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Craigslist says it won't resume adult services

Posted by Free the Captives on Wednesday, September 15, 2010, In : Domestic Trafficking

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/15/AR2010091505041.html
By JIM ABRAMS

The Associated Press
Wednesday, September 15, 2010; 5:18 PM

WASHINGTON -- A Craigslist official told lawmakers Wednesday that the classified ad website has no plans to resume its adult services section and defended the company's efforts to stop the sexual exploitation of minors.

But William Clinton Powell also told a House Judiciary Committee panel that people seeking to advertise a...

Some See a Ploy as Craigslist Blocks Sex Ads

Posted by Free the Captives on Monday, September 6, 2010, In : Domestic Trafficking

September 5, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/06/technology/06craigslist.html?_r=1&src=buslnSome&pagewanted=print

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER

SAN FRANCISCO — Craigslist, by shutting off its “adult services” section and slapping a “censored” label in its place, may be engaging in a high-stakes stunt to influence public opinion, some analysts say.

Since blocking access to the ads as the Labor Day weekend began — and suspending a revenue stream that could bring in ...

Sex-trafficking opponents fight Craigslist's 'adult services' ads

Posted by Free the Captives on Tuesday, August 10, 2010, In : Domestic Trafficking

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/06/AR2010080606376.html
By Ann Gerhart

Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, August 7, 2010

Craig Newmark was all over Twitter on Friday, as he is most days, yakking about Android, re-tweeting about Bart Simpson in summer school, reminding his 24,000 followers to vote to end world poverty. He engaged with friends and strangers alike.

MC is still waiting to hear from him.

Newmark is the founder of the worldwide onl...

Craigslist's shame: Child sex ads - sex trafficking of children

Posted by Free the Captives on Tuesday, August 3, 2010, In : Domestic Trafficking

By Malika Saada Saar, Special to CNN August 3, 2010 11:55 a.m. EDT

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Malika Saada Saar: 100,000 to 300,000 children, most 11 to 14, sold for sex in U.S. a year
Best-known site to buy children is Craigslist, she says, in its "adult services section"
Criminals make huge profits pimping children, with little risk of prosecution, Saar writes
Saar: Craigslist should stop adult services section until solid safeguards are in place

Editor's note: Malika Saada Saar is the founder and executiv...

Boycott Craigslist - They Make Profits from Sex Trafficking of Minors

Posted by Free the Captives on Thursday, July 8, 2010, In : Domestic Trafficking

Craigslist is projected to realize a 22% increase in revenue – an estimated $36 million in 2010 – largely attributable to its functioning as a virtual red light district for pimps/traffickers and johns.

http://blog.globalsister.org/?p=1749

The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) in partnership with Prostitution Research and Education (PRE) and other co-sponsors will be holding a protest in front of Craigslist Headquarters in San Francisco on July 8th to bring attention to Cr...

Research on Craigslist and Sex trafficking

Posted by Free the Captives on Tuesday, June 29, 2010, In : Domestic Trafficking

Research on Johns shows "Craigslist is by far the most efficient medium" for johns

June 23, 1:04 PM

Human Rights Examiner

Youngbee Dale

http://www.examiner.com/x-24740-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2010m6d23-Research-on-Johns-show--Craigslist-is-by-far-the-most-efficient-medium-for-johns?cid=examiner-email

Womensfundingnetwork.org, recently published a survey research study on johns or men buying sex from children online. The research was based on the survey data consisting 218 johns who answered...

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