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According to Craigslist, the number of erotic ads that appear on the website is down 90 to 95 percent over the last year. Craigslist has been better at policing their site in response to a federal lawsuit that has charged the company with facilitating prostitution. The lawsuit has called for the removal of the erotic section from Craigslist as well as monetary damages for the man hours required by law enforcement officials to investigate the site.
The reduction came about with the help of 40 attorney generals and the Center of Missing and Exploited Children. Craigslist now requires that if a person wishes to post to the erotic section, he or she must provide a working telephone number and credit card. Craigslist is also charging a fee for posters to use the erotic section and donates the profits from this to charity.
You can check the Craigslist blog for additional updates on efforts being used to thwart human trafficking and child exploitation. You can also view the posted graph that displays the erotic services percentile change over the last year in five major cities.
Read: [CNET]
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