Craigslist Shuts Down Its Adult Services Section

From AOL:

Craigslist, the classified ads website, took down its “adult services” section after criticism that it enabled prostitution.

The adult services section, which previously contained solicitations for sex, has been replaced on the Craigslist homepage with a sign saying “censored.”

The section is still open for people browsing the Web from outside the United States, CNN reported.

Last week, attorneys general in 17 states wrote an open letter to the website’s founder Craig Newmark and CEO Jim Buckmaster, urging them to permanently close the section…

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