This article was published more than 15 years ago. Some information may no longer be current. Craigslist is introducing a category called "adult services," which is open to legal service providers. All postings in this category will be manually reviewed. Craigslist officials seem open to changing their online-sex-ads section in Canada after dropping it altogether in the United States, says a human trafficking expert.
Ben Perrin, a law professor at the University of B. Perrin said. An Ontario man convicted in Canada's first human-trafficking case last year used the free site to sell a year-old girl as a prostitute, Mr. Last week, after facing numerous lawsuits, Craigslist announced it would shut down its exotic services section in the U. Critics have called Craigslist an online brothel after a Boston masseuse was killed earlier this year when she responded to an ad on the popular site.
Craigslist is not taking responsibility for the woman's death. Perrin said he's hoping a discussion with the company will result in major changes in Canada as well.
Susan MacTavish Best, a spokeswoman for San Francisco-based Craigslist, said the company "had a thoughtful and productive conversation with Mr. Perrin and law enforcement this past week. Craigslist has taken some measures to protect Canadian and American users of its site. For example, the company has come up with a filtering system that prohibits certain words prevalent in the sex industry from being used in ads, although those who use the site have found ways to bypass it, Mr.
Such verification is necessary on the U. Perrin said Craigslist officials have said they haven't instituted such measures in Canada because law enforcement in Canada didn't appear interested.
