According to an email I got from Change.org, only last week did Craiglist finally give into pressure from human rights groups, 17 state attorney generals, and 10,000 Change.org members, and removed its "adult services" section.
So you may be asking yourself what's the beef with the adult services section? Well, other than providing adult services (e.g. adult prostitution), it also provided ads to buy sex with a child forced in to prostitution. According to Change.org, "sex trafficking remains one of the most pervasive, abusive and unacknowledged crimes in America. There are more than 100, 000 children sold for sex in the U.S. each year and a majority of whom are 11 to 14 years old."
While it is good that Craigslist got rid of their "adult services" section they have only done so for the U.S., meaning that the "erotic services" on the rest of 250+ international sites is still game. WTF?
It's pretty sick to know that a freaken pedo can just go onto a website and set up this sort of thing without truly having to worry about anything. Craigslist "helped normalize the practice and gave it a safe space on the web" and it made it easier for the creepos to browse Craigslist while at work and make arrangements for their disgusting acts after hours on the weekends.
I for one despise this sort of thing so I signed a petition put forth by Change.org asking the head hanchos at Craiglist fight human trafficking on all of its sites. If you'd also like to sign it check the widget down below.
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