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Re: Eivl Internet, this time Craigslist


From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:45:50 +0000 (UTC)


: As one point of comparison, Craigslist apparently bans pet-for-sale ads.  
: I was talking to a poodle breeder today and her puppy ads kept getting 
: censored by Craigslist.  She finally gave up using Craigslist.

Craigslist does not allow breeders to advertise and sell their animals. 
They do allow private "rehoming" for people who are giving up their own 
pets (for whatever reason).

I'm not really sure what that has to do with underage children selling 
sexual services via the service...

: Child prostitutes sell themselves on Craigslist
: 
: http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/27/child.prostitution/index.html
: 
: "It hurt," said the mother of a California teenager who had been caught 
: selling herself on the Internet. "You don't want to see your children 
: involved in things like this. You don't realize how dangerous the 
: Internet is. Now, we got to keep her away from the Internet." Police say 
: most ads for underage prostitutes appear on Craigslist, the popular and 
: free Internet classifieds site.
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