Sheriff Still Thinks Craigslist Needs Some Policing
Thomas Dart, the Illinois sheriff who took on Craigslist, has lost his legal battle with the online classifieds site. But he vows not to give up.
“It wasn’t a publicity stunt,” said Dart of the suit he filed in March to shut down the “erotic services” section of Craigslist, which he said catered to prostitution. “After two and a half years of contacting them with no response, I had no option left but to sue them,” he said,
Earlier this week, a Federal District Court Judge dismissed the suit. Judge John F. Grady ruled that the site couldn’t be held accountable for how people used it, because it is protected by the Communications Decency Act. Wrote the judge: “Intermediaries are not culpable for ‘aiding and abetting’ their customers who misuse their service to commit unlawful acts.”
