Anonymous ID: 271091 March 23, 2018, 9:59 a.m. No.767133   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>7251

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Craigslist has yanked its personal ads section in the wake of an anti-online sex trafficking bill that passed in Congress this week.

 

The Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, or FOSTA, makes websites criminally liable for content that its users post, including prostitution ads and sex-trafficking content.

 

Craigslist โ€” whose personals include bawdy categories such as casual encounters โ€” said it pulled ads because it wasnโ€™t worth running afoul of the new law.

 

โ€œAny tool or service can be misused,โ€ the website said in a statement. โ€œWe canโ€™t take such risk without jeopardizing all our other services, so we are regretfully taking craigslist personals offline. Hopefully we can bring them back some day.โ€

 

It added, โ€œTo the millions of spouses, partners, and couples who met through craigslist, we wish you every happiness!โ€

 

Reddit also banned sex-worker subreddits, including Escorts, Male Escorts, Hookers and SugarDaddy, shortly after the bill was passed.

 

Previously, websites like Craigslist and Backpage faced broad protections from legal liability for user-posted content.