State AGs: Craigslist Should Drop Adult Services
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ State attorneys general from across the country are demanding Craigslist remove its adult services section because the website cannot adequately block potentially illegal ads.
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced Tuesday that he and colleagues in 16 other states have sent a joint letter calling on the classified advertising website to get rid of its adult services category.
The attorneys general say Craigslist is not completely screening out ads that promote prostitution and child trafficking, despite a 2008 pledge by the site's creators that they would improve their policing efforts.
Other states joining the effort are Arkansas, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
A call to a spokeswoman for San Francisco-based Craigslist was not immediately returned Tuesday.
