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To: Trumptown who wrote (377575)	11/6/2008 1:25:47 PM
From: Lucretius	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 436258

sweet. dow 5000 on the jobs disaster tomorrow?

To: Trumptown who wrote (377575)	11/6/2008 2:09:40 PM
From: stan_hughes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

I dunno.... this is pretty bad news if you're into renting your body for a living (which I expect to become more prevalent in this economy) Craigslist agrees to crack down on erotic ads 41 minutes ago By Martha Graybow NEW YORK (Reuters) - Craigslist, the popular Internet classifieds listing service, agreed on Thursday to crack down on advertisements posted by prostitutes in a pact struck with 40 U.S. states. The listings site has been under pressure to screen out cyber advertisements that offer sexual services. These listings have given prostitutes easy access to potential clients cruising the Web, law enforcement authorities say. Craigslist, whose listings are generally free to post except in some apartment and job categories, will require that advertisers in its "erotic services section" pay a fee with a valid credit card and give a working phone number, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said. The site will provide the resulting information in response to law enforcement subpoenas, he said. "Prostitutes will hopefully stop using Craigslist to break the law, knowing that their posts could lead to arrest and conviction," Blumenthal said in a statement. Blumenthal had complained to the company in March about postings from prostitutes, which he said have often included explicit photographs, hourly rates and detailed descriptions of the services on offer. He said a Connecticut woman had been arrested for advertising sexual services on the site. The Connecticut attorney general was joined in the pact by 39 other states, as well as the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam. He said Craigslist will also explore new technology, including better filters, to stop ads for illegal activity. Craigslist, a privately held company that provides classifieds and online forums, said it was committed to preventing misuse of its site. The site states that advertising illegal services, including prostitution, is prohibited, but the new measures should help further prevent postings for unlawful activity, the company said. "Requiring credit-card verification, and charging a fee to post in this category raises accountability to a point where we expect few illicit ads will remain," CEO Jim Buckmaster said. He said that "more than ever, those who would misuse Craigslist to violate the law will find that Craigslist is a very inhospitable place." The San Francisco-based service also said it had filed 14 lawsuits against businesses selling software and other services designed to evade its terms of use. Craigslist said its website is used by 40 million Americans every month. It said the incidence of crime on the site is low, but that "no amount of criminal activity is acceptable." (Reporting by Martha Graybow; Editing by Andre Grenon, Richard Chang) Copyright © 2008 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. ca.news.yahoo.com