Those of you who have been following our posts on Craigslist will be happy to know that the San Francisco-based online company shut down its erotic services section in Canada this weekend! Pressure mounted in the U.S. this fall, resulting in the closure of the erotic services section in the States. This left Canadians asking […]
The Pressure Is On for Craigslist Canada: Shut Down the Erotic Services Section!
In September, after pressure from NGOs and 17 American attorneys general, Craigslist shut down the erotic services section in the U.S. It was a day of celebration for anti-trafficking groups across America, as Craigslist is a medium of choice for traffickers who sell their girls online. Unfortunately Craigslist has not taken the same action in […]
In the News: Craigslist Shuts Down Adult Services in the U.S.
Recently Craigslist has been under fire for enabling the sale of women and children for sex through their website. Hope for the Sold covered this issue in July by outlining the story of a Chinese woman in New York who sold girls online, and in August we posted a video clip of Craig Newmark responding […]
Craigslist: The Wal-Mart of Sexual Exploitation?
So, you want to sell your couch? Maybe buy a used camera? Find a babysitter? Craiglist is a useful tool for these and much more. Lately however, there has been a firestorm in the media about how Craigslist is also being used by traffickers and pimps to sell the bodies of young women and children. […]
For Sale on Craigslist: Houses, Furniture…and Trafficked Women
Craigslist, which provides online classifieds for jobs, housing, and events, also rakes in the cash from adult service ads. For every advertisement promoting prostitution and escort services, Craiglist makes a cut. This year Craigslist is estimated to make $122 million in total, $36 of this being from the adult service business. Unfortunately, this makes Craigslist […]