Craigslist - the biter bit

Wednesday, August 25. 2010

Craigslist - the biter bit

Proof that Craigslist is turning into Olde Media, with all the attendant issues - Boston Herald:

Attorney General Martha Coakley fired off a letter to Craiglist yesterday, calling on the Web site to yank its “adult services” section as state attorneys general nationwide also stepped up the pressure.

Coakey said the “harmful role” of the site’s sex ads contrasts “sharply” with its purported community-driven mission.

“The incongruity between your claimed mission and your insistence on promoting ‘adult services’ is startling,” Coakley wrote. “You cannot reasonably lay claim to a public service mission yet turn a blind eye to the link between adult services ads and illegal conduct and exploitation.”

A few short years ago, and it was local newspapers that were feeling that sort of heat.....

Posted by Alan Patrick in Dis - Aggregation at 15:47 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

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