Craigslist Dropping “Adult Services”

September 7th, 2010

Two weeks after 17 state attorneys general sent a joint letter to Craigslist demanding it remove its adult services section over concerns that the company could not completely block illegal ads, Craigslist replaced the section link with a black-and-white “censored” bar Saturday.

What were the “adult services” on Craigslist anyways? Selling a mattress? I have never used Craiglist. I don’t trust people that sell on it, so about the only time I hear anything about it is when some hookers get busted on there.

The website has come under increased scrutiny since the jailhouse suicide last month of 24-year-old Philip Markoff, a former Boston University student. Markoff was awaiting trial for the fatal shooting of Julissa Brisman of New York City and the armed robbery of a Las Vegas woman. Rhode Island prosecutors also accused him of attacking a stripper. Markoff had met the women through ads for erotic services posted on Craigslist.