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Craigslist UNcensored?

September 9, 2010 in Craigslist, Prostitution/Human Trafficking by Trench Reynolds | View Comments

Craigslist Pulls ‘Censored’ Label From Sex Ads Area:

Craigslist removed the censored bar from where the adult services link was and lo and behold there was no adult services link underneath. As of right now there is no adult services section on U.S. versions of craigslist.

I’m not ready to celebrate yet because craigslist has yet to make any kind of official comment and you’ll excuse me if I don’t believe that craigslist has altruistic intentions with this move. I don’t care how socially conscious you think you are, no one walks away from a possible $45 Million windfall just like that.

And let us not forget even if adult services is gone for good casual encounters still exists. You know that section right? That’s the one where rapes are orchestrated, children are peddled for sex and people look for sex with dogs.

No dog sex on Geebo.com though.

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Trench Warfare episode 2: Craigslist’s Censorship

September 9, 2010 in Media by Trench Reynolds | View Comments

It’s a good thing I did my show last night. You’ll find out later why. Anyway no callers last night but we did have some chat room activity and I did manage to kill 25 minutes talking about craigslist’s history with adult and erotic services with a few other topics thrown in. You can listen to it here or download it here.

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AIM says craigslist on track to make $45M from sex ads

September 6, 2010 in Craigslist, Prostitution/Human Trafficking by Trench Reynolds | View Comments

Craigslist adult-services revenue soared: New figures for 2010 — $44.4 million:

You know how I’m always talking about how craigslist has $30 Million in reasons as to why they won’t remove the sex adds from their site. I get that figure from the AIM Group who says that craigslist was on their way to earning that much in money off the sex ads in 2010. Now craigslist has $44.4 Million in reasons as to why they won’t take the sex ads now.

After doing some new research the AIM Group is claiming that craigslist is on target to make close to $45 Million in sex ads for 2010. I’m a sure a three day weekend of ‘censorship’ is not going to change that number much.

And just think, that kind of money6 can go on for a long time if nothing is done. As I learned which watching Call + Response human trafficking is one of the most profitable crimes for those involved because the ‘resources’ can be used over and over again.

I still can’t get over that this is the reputation that craigslist wants to have. I’m all for freedom of speech but where is the freedom for the women and children being trafficked on craigslist in our own country?

Again I would recommend Geebo.com as they’ve shown that you can monitor every ad and remain a profitable business but craigslist would rather choose more profit over user safety.

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craigslist censored: Day 2

September 6, 2010 in Craigslist, Prostitution/Human Trafficking by Trench Reynolds | View Comments

So far craigslist has still not issued a comment about the censored bar except for Susan MacTavish Best saying “Sorry, no statement.”

However there are some new aspects to the story.

Some outlets are reporting that the prostitution and human trafficking ads are migrating to the casual encounters section. I don’t doubt they are but they’ve been there ever since the change from erotic services to adult services. I can see Jimmy and Craig now saying “See, this is what we meant by the ads going into other sections.” Then again that’s the same section where people look for animal sex so as far as I’m concerned that section of the site should be shut down too.

I still think that Craig and Jim are trying to make a statement about free speech. I still think it’s a publicity stunt and adult services will be back. However I’m not the only one who thinks it’s a stunt. Geebo.com CEO Greg Collier also thinks it’s a stunt. The New York Time seems to be a little suspicious too.

Some legal experts are saying that if this is some kind of protest that it could severely backfire on craigslist. But as clueless as Jim and Craig are I can just see them aghast at how not everyone got behind their protest. What they don’t realize is that the right to freedom of the women and children being trafficked on craiglslist is more important than craigslist’s so called freedom of speech.

And if craigslist has by some miracle actually removed the adult services section we still have the Village Voice Media owned backpage.com to deal with.

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Has craigslist censored adult srevices?

September 4, 2010 in Craigslist, Prostitution/Human Trafficking by Trench Reynolds | View Comments

Adult services censored on Craigslist:

As I’m sure most have you have heard by now craigslist has removed the link to the adult services section from it’s main U.S. sites and replaced it with a black censored bar as seen above. Does this mean that craigslist has finally seen the light and put an end to human trafficking on its sites? I doubt it.

This feels like some kind of publicity stunt/protest to me. So far craigslist has not publicly commented on the change but I get the feeling we’ll be hearing some first amendment rhetoric on it. Even of they are getting rid of adult services this would only be a small victory as the old erotic services section still exists on craigslists outside the U.S.

Even if they did would I use craiglist or end this site? Hardly. Craigslist still has a plethora of problems outside just the adult services section and there’s still the Village Voice Media owned backpage to worry about. I would still use Geebo.com instead.

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Buckmaster Blogs: Amber’s Ambush II

August 30, 2010 in Craigslist, Prostitution/Human Trafficking by Trench Reynolds | View Comments

In his latest blog post craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster responds to CNN’s Amber Lyon’s alleged request for an interview.

He accuses Ms. Lyon of engaging in tabloid journalism by ambushing craigslist founder Craig Newmark with ads for prostitution on the website that bears his name. I say good on her. At least she’s out there doing real reporting instead of just regurgitating whatever the AP posts. This is was journalism is supposed to be like. How else do you expect the media to get any truth out of either one of you when both of you basically only speak through your mouthpiece Susan MacTavish Best.

And again Jimmy B is trying to deflect the true story here which is the fact that child prostitution and human trafficking is still taking place on the website that you run and Craig is the face of.

It seems they’re still not parting with that $30 Million in sex money anytime soon.

If you want to read the blog of a classifieds CEO who has a conscience I recommend Geebo.com CEO Greg Collier’s blog.

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Craig Blogs: Amber’s Ambush

August 29, 2010 in Craigslist, Prostitution/Human Trafficking by Trench Reynolds | View Comments

In his latest blog post Craigslist founder Craig Newmark finally gets around to making excuses as to why he had no real answer when CNN’s Amber Lyon confronted him about human trafficking on craigslist.

He blames it on the notion that he has borderline Asperger’s Syndrome which is also called borderline Autism in some circles. so basically he’s saying that he’s a borderline borderline Autistic. That’s a bunch of crap. While he may be socially inept he is far from stupid. Anyone who would have seen the ad that Ms. Lyon presented would have known that it was for prostitution which is still an illegal activity. Any normal person that was running a classifieds site who really didn’t want prostitution on their site would have said something realistic like “My God that’s horrible. I’ll look into it right away”. Instead Craig just asks if the ad has been reported. Um, last time I checked adult services ads could not be flagged. Just checked again, nope, you can’t flag them.

He then goes and claims that he is no longer in charge of craigslist which is true. He mentions that Jim Buckmaster has been in charge for the last 10 years. Which ironically is roughly about the same time that the original erotic services section first appeared on craigslist.

Then he goes on about how he is allegedly sensitive to the plight of those being trafficked but then mentions about how socially conscious he is by supporting veterans, net neutrality and transparency in government. Yet he still does not lift a finger to do anything real about human trafficking like shutting down the adult services section.

Following his blog post is some comments from the cult of craig that basically kiss his ass. I wondered why there were no opposing comments and then I noticed the following…

Comments are moderated, and will not appear until the author has approved them.

That’s kind of ironic for a number of reasons. The first is that he and Jim won’t moderate craigslist yet they both moderate the comments on their blogs. The second is that for someone who supports net neutrality and transparency in government he’s not very neutral nor transparent on his blog.

However you can comment on this cross post at the SF Gate.

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Mass. AG calls for craigslist crackdown

August 22, 2010 in Craigslist, Prostitution/Human Trafficking by Trench Reynolds | View Comments

Martha Coakley calls for crackdown on Craigslist:

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has joined with other state Attorneys General in calling for craigslist to shut down the adult services section. You would think I would be happy about that and I am sort of but I think Coakley is just doing this for political gain.

While Philip Markoff’s suicide is still fresh in the news, especially in Boston, Ms. Coakley has gone on the offense against craigslist.

“Craigslist . . . continues to facilitate everyday prostitution and even human trafficking of men, women and children,” Coakley told the Herald. “Craigslist makes a significant profit from these postings and has refused to monitor the advertisements posted in this section. In the interest of public safety, Craigslist should immediately take down the adult services section of their Web site.”

Except previously Ms. Coakley had let craigslist alone while other state Attorneys General went after them. I think Ms. Coakley is using craigslist as a stepping stone to the US Senate since she previously lost a Senate election to fill the seat of the late Ted Kennedy.

In my opinion the only politician that actually cares about the human trafficking on craigslist is U.S. Representative Jackie Speier. She represents the district in California that contains San Francisco where not only is craigslist insanely popular but where prostitution is almost encouraged. She’s actually going against the grain of most of her voters.

Politicians aside craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster had his usual crap to spew about shutting down adult services…

“To do so would be a giant step backward for everyone concerned,” Buckmaster said in an e-mail exchange. “Not to mention the mayhem that would ensue from declassifying these ads back into our other categories, and off to other sites that could care less about best practices, or cooperating with law enforcement.”

What categories would the ads go to, Free Puppies? And as for cooperating with law enforcement most law enforcement claim that is a joke. As far as best practices go why isn’t shutting down the adult services section a best practice. That’s because it wouldn’t be a best practice for craigslist because they would be out of $30 Million.

Like I need to say it? Geebo.com never had an adult services section and never will.

Stay tuned Monday for the next chance to win your own craigscrimelist t-shirt.

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Buckmaster Blogs: Manual Screening

August 18, 2010 in Craigslist, Prostitution/Human Trafficking by Trench Reynolds | View Comments

In his latest blog post craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster criticizes eBay for blocking Loquo and once again points the finger at the Village Voice Media owned backpage. He still conveniently fails to mention that craigslist is still leading the way with the amount of prostitution and human trafficking ads.

However the majority of his post is about how craigslist does such a wonderful job manually screening the ‘adult services’ ads.

craigslist implemented manual screening of adult services ads in May of 2009. Since that time, before being posted each individual ad is reviewed by an attorney licensed to practice law in the US, trained to enforce craigslist’s posting guidelines, which are stricter than those typically used by yellow pages, newspapers, or any other company that we are aware of. More than 700,000 ads were rejected by those attorneys in the year following implementation of manual screening, for falling short of our guidelines. Our uniquely intensive manual screening process has resulted in a mass exodus of those unwilling to abide by craigslist’s standards, manually enforced on an ad-by-ad basis.

What I want to point out is Buckmaster’s point that an attorney screens the ads. Basically what he is saying is that the ads are screened on a legal basis but not a moral one. Then again how can someone make a moral judgment when they have no morals?

Again, Geebo.com. Human trafficking free since 2000.

Stay tuned next week for the next chance to win your own craigscrimelist t-shirt.

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eBay blocks Loquo from US

August 18, 2010 in Kijiji/eBay Classifieds, Prostitution/Human Trafficking by Trench Reynolds | View Comments

Ebay Takes Down U.S. Access To Loquo Amid Sex Trafficking Allegations:

EBay pulls ads site after sex allegations:

Yesterday I posted about how craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster ranted about prostitution ads on eBay owned Spanish classifieds site Loquo.

eBay could have scored a huge public relations coup by pulling the section from their site. Instead the only thing they did was to block access to Loquo from the US web surfers.

Again this is not surprising considering eBay is part owner of craigslist. Apparently they’ve picked up some of their more shady business practices.

Again I would recommend that you use Geebo.com instead because like I’ve said they’ve been human trafficking and prostitution free for 10 years.

Stay tuned next week for the next chance to win your own craigscrimelist t-shirt.

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