HARTFORD, USA: Connecticut's top law enforcement official called for online classifieds website Craigslist to confirm that it has permanently closed its "adult services" listings.
On Saturday, Craigslist.com had dropped its "adult services" listings in the US, and replaced the link to the adult services section with a 'censored' tag, after U.S. state attorneys general demanded its removal. However, it did not appear to affect non-US sites, which continued to feature listings for "erotic services", prompting law enforcement officials to urge the site to drop the service.
In seperate statements, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and national nonprofit organizations asked Craigslist to get rid of its adult services section globally and be "a model for good policy".
“Our message to Craigslist is to put people above profit. Sacrifice the money if necessary. Clearly make a public promise that you are shutting down adult services and set a model for the industry in using screening and filtering technology,” Blumenthal urged the site.
Four Washington D.C.-based anti-child trafficking organizations had also released a statement asking Craigslist to close their adult services section on their websites outside of the U.S. as well. They said more than 250 Craigslist erotic pages remain active on the company's non-U.S. Webpages.