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Craigslist Gives Its Red Light District the Times Square Treatment

Peter Kafka in Media on May 13, 2009 at 9:32 am PT

The online classifieds Web site is shutting down its “Erotic Services” section under pressure from state and local officials from around the country. In its place, Craigslist will open an “adult” category. It promises to keep said area cleaner by having employees sweep it periodically for ads that are obviously soliciting prostitution, etc. It won’t keep Craigslist free of bad stuff, but it may make it harder to find.