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Craigslist and Backpage had listings for a variety of goods and services, such as real estate, yard sales, personals, work wanted and jobs offered. Backpage's adult-themed advertising section gained the most attention. [20] After Craigslist took down its adult advertising section in 2010, Backpage continued to maintain adult advertising on its ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 November 2024. Classified advertisements website Craigslist Inc. Logo used since 1995 Screenshot of the main page on January 26, 2008 Type of business Private Type of site Classifieds, forums Available in English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese Founded 1995 ; 29 years ago (1995 ...
When attorneys general declared war on adult services ads online in the late 2000s, the similar but better-known Craigslist was the platform in their crosshairs.
A week before the attorneys general sent their joint-letter last month, Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster noted in a blog post that Craigslist manually reviews each ad in the "adult services" listings ...
In 1995, Newmark started emailing a list of upcoming events to a few friends to "cultivate a bit of community". [13] Other people asked to be included on the list and as members grew, so did the kinds of information on the list. [1] Newmark launched craigslist.org in 1996, where people could exchange information, mostly without charge. [12]
Craigslist has provided people on all sides of prostitution -- solo prostitutes, pimps, law enforcement, and customers -- a clearinghouse to advertise and connect.
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Ann Marie Linscott, a 49-year-old Michigan woman, was arrested in January 2008 for soliciting murder on Craigslist, where she offered $5,000 "for someone willing to kill the unsuspecting wife of a man she'd begun an affair with online"; [55] in February 2009, she was found guilty of attempted murder-for-hire and sentenced to 12 years and seven ...