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Craigslist’s “Erotic Services” Issue Bubbles Up Again

in News on March 6, 2009 at 3:07 pm PT

Craigslist, the online classifieds juggernaut, has run afoul of authorities once again, over the ads in its adult section. On Thursday, the sheriff in Cook County, Ill., called the site the “largest source of prostitution in America” and filed a civil lawsuit to get Craigslist’s “erotic services” section shut down.