{"id":11051,"date":"2018-03-23T14:01:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T18:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=11051"},"modified":"2018-03-23T14:03:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T18:03:28","slug":"craigslist-drops-dating-ads-after-new-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2018\/03\/23\/craigslist-drops-dating-ads-after-new-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Craigslist drops dating ads after new law"},"content":{"rendered":"

Classified advertising website Craigslist has closed its dating ads section in the US, in response to a new bill against sex trafficking.<\/p>\n

The bill states that websites can now be punished for “facilitating” prostitution and sex trafficking.<\/p>\n

Ads promoting prostitution and child sexual abuse have previously been posted in the “personals” section of Craigslist.<\/p>\n

The company said keeping the section open in the US was too much of a risk.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Craigslist said the new law would “subject websites to criminal and civil liability when third parties (users) misuse online personals unlawfully”.<\/p>\n

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“Any tool or service can be misused. We can’t take such risk without jeopardising all our other services, so we are regretfully taking Craigslist personals offline,” it said.<\/p>\n

In March, US congress passed the\u00a0Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act<\/a>\u00a0(Fosta). It will apply to all states in the US.<\/p>\n

Websites are not usually held responsible for the content that members post – as long as illegal material is removed as soon as the service provider is made aware.<\/p>\n

However, the bill states that “websites that facilitate traffickers in advertising the sale of unlawful sex acts” should not be protected.<\/p>\n

It imposes fines and prison terms for those who own or operate a website that facilitates prostitution.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, social network Reddit also banned its escorts message board.<\/p>\n

It said “paid services involving physical sexual contact” were against its latest policies.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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