Craigslist Censored: Adult Section Comes Down

techcrunch.com — Bad news for Craigslist users who like to peruse the Erotic Services Adult Services section of their site. Its gone, replaced by a large black and white censored logo. Ive reached out to Craigslist for comment and await their reply. But the choice of words is significant the section wasnt simply removed, the censored word was used. The site has been embattled as old press and state attorneys general use any excuse to blame sex crimes on the site. From South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMasters failed crusade against them to a variety of press stories about sex and other crimes. If its just a sex crime it isnt a story. But if a listing on Craigslist was involved, its a big story. Craigslist has fought back using little more than their blog and logic. And theyre right. Having prostitution up front and regulated, as Craigslist does, means less crime is associated with it. Its not like prostitution, sometimes called the worlds oldest profession, was invented on the site. The fact that eBay and others do exactly the same thing, but without human review and moderation, doesnt seem to matter. Craigslist Sex is what scares the general population, and its what the press and the politicians will continue to use to get their hits and votes. So the Craigslist Adult Section was removed. Is the world now a safer place? [crunchbase url="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/craigslist" name="Craigslist"] Sep 4, 2010 View in Crawl 4