Online prostitution

All states (only U.S. law)?

Hello, I'm sending my question regarding the case of craiglist.org about prostitution. Why did they get censored? Is it due to the fact that their website is not declared as adult website? or because they displayed the prostitution ads in states prohibiting it? In other word, can an adult website allow prostitution ads? if yes do they have to pay extra taxes to the government?
I know I have so many questions, but I would like to make sure that I understand this issue since I'm also concerned (I have an adult website that most of the time displays this kind of ads). Thank youWhat is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?

Gee, I don't know, maybe because someone who advertised their services on craig's list got murdered?

It's a private site. They can turn down any type of advertising they want.

There are many prosecuting attorneys looking at prosecuting Craigslist for promoting prostitution. Plus there are many other issues with that part of Craiglist, a murder as stated, fraud, theft, underage prostitution and gang activity. If your site becomes even partially as successful as Craigslist, you can expect the same thing.

Craigs list has pulled the "adult" category for good for the US sites.
There's a fine line between moderating such advertising and acting the carrier. In fact the more editorial you tend to do to police the type of listing on the site, the more trouble you get in for failing to catch something. It's almost always better to do an all or nothing case. Craig's has gone from nothing to all in a short period.

I'm not sure what "declaration" you think helps or not in the craig's list situation anyhow.

bibux said:

All states (only U.S. law)?Hello, I'm sending my question regarding the case of craiglist.org about prostitution. Why did they get censored?

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Not for nothing but if you didn't read the fact they PUT IT THERE THEMSELVES, there is no hope for you.

So craig should have hidden the success of his website... anyway, I think what made everybody argue is the fact that it's not an adult website. I still wonder why people see prostitution as a crime and not pornography. They don't even check adult websites at all and keep stressing everybody about child pornography and traffic, while it's still happening out there.