{"id":430,"date":"2010-09-06T18:10:53","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T00:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sebersole.wordpress.com\/?p=430"},"modified":"2010-09-06T18:10:53","modified_gmt":"2010-09-07T00:10:53","slug":"craigslist-self-censors-adult-services-listings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/craigslist-self-censors-adult-services-listings\/","title":{"rendered":"Craigslist self-censors adult services listings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/craigslistcensored.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-432\" title=\"Craigslist Censored\" src=\"http:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/craigslistcensored.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"248\" \/><\/a>Craigslist, the popular online classified advertising service, has decided to pull adult services listings that have been used by those engaging in prostitution and the sex trade industries. In response to criticism from celebrities and politicians, and facing legal battles from a consortium of 17 attorneys general, Craigslist decided to switch rather than fight. This is despite the fact that the adult services section brought in more than $36m last year, approximately 30 percent of their total revenue.<\/p>\n<p>With a graphic of the word &#8220;censored&#8221; replacing the listing for adult services, Craigslist indicated an unwillingness to fight a legal challenge that it might actually win if it went to trial. Current regulation of the internet is essentially &#8220;hands-off&#8221; and does not hold bulletin boards and other listing services responsible for content posted by users. However, it is likely that the media attention focused on the Craigslist Killer, a man accused of robbing and killing prostitutes contacted through Craigslist, was a significant factor in turning public opinion against the classified ad service. Critics claimed that Craigslist facilitated the victimization of women.<\/p>\n<p>Will this be a game-changer for those who want to sell sex online? Many worry that those involved in the sex trade business will simply go underground, move to other online sites, or even find other places on Craigslist to ply their trade.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M7muMO3thTk\">news story from CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Craigslist, the popular online classified advertising service, has decided to pull adult services listings that have been used by those engaging in prostitution and the sex trade industries. In response to criticism from celebrities and politicians, and facing legal battles from a consortium of 17 attorneys general, Craigslist decided to switch rather than fight. This &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/craigslist-self-censors-adult-services-listings\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Craigslist self-censors adult services listings&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,10,16,22,24,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1st-amendment","category-advertising","category-interactive-media","category-new-media","category-regulation","category-social-media","category-websites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}