Craigslist temporarily shielded from lawsuit.

I don't think that New York Mag is challenged because the ads aren't for prostitution but rather for "escort" services. Now, I know that that is basically prostitution but the way that it is done and the way that it is advertised are not as straightforward as those ads seen on craigslist. You also have to keep in mind, for a vast majority of posts on craigslist are posts that people make for free. There are a small handful of sections that one needs to make a very small payment to post there. I believe that if you're looking to hire someone you would need to pay to post a want ad on the site.

However , their biggest money maker was the "erotic" section. So in terms of money I could see why they wouldn't have wanted to do anything. Also, with thousands upon thousands of subsites for different regions of different sections of different countries it is impossible for them to keep control over every little one.

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Actually I was assigned a paper about the whole thing towards the end of the year in college.

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