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REPRESENTATIVES ‘DISTURBED’ BY ‘STAGGERING’ NUMBER OF CRIMES ARISING FROM WEBSITE’S EROTIC SERVICES SECTION
The concern over online classified company Craigslist’s failure to close down its erotic services section has spread from South Carolina to Washington, D.C.
One month after State Attorney General Henry McMaster threatened the company’s founder and CEO with possible criminal action if they did not remove the section — which contain advertisements for prostitution and graphic pornographic material — members of Congress have followed suit.
In a bipartisan letter sent to Craig Newmark and Jim Buckmaster, 26 U.S. Representatives said they were “disturbed by the number of violent crimes that have resulted from the ‘Erotic Services’ section of Craigslist” and called on them to reform the website’s practices.
The Congressmen also asked for a written response and a formal meeting with the two men.
“The evidence suggests that Criaglist’s ‘Erotic Services’ section abetted unlawful commercial sex trafficking,” the letter read. “It seems clear that anyone viewing the listings would recognize the purpose and illegality of them.”
The letter cited the fact that at least 50 women have been raped or severely beaten in the last two years by men who responded to ads on Craigslist. That number, of course, only includes those women who report a crime; which may be just over 50 percent.
The members of Congress specifically took issue with Craiglist’s attempt to rectify the complaints from McMaster and other attorneys general by moving the “erotic services” to a new “adult services” section.
“[W]e have a series of questions that we hope will demonstrate your commitment to ending the violence which has resulted from [this sections],” they wrote. “It is imperative that creating an ‘Adult Services’ section to replace the aforementioned section must not simply shift the same solicitations to a newly entitled section, but instead must lead to fundamental change.”
It is unclear at this point how or if the Craigslist duo plans to respond.
It’d be nice if Congress worried about everything with the same vigor as Craig’s List. They are ignoring a whole lot of financial crimes.
Yea, but the crimes Congress (including those in both major political parties) are ignoring are their own crime of putting personal power and gain in front of their duty to “we the people” and their crime of not fixing, and making worse, and not disclosing to “we the people” the dire financial condition of our national government. Congress has driven this country into an as-yet-to-be-declared bankruptcy. The frsit crime is a breach of fiduciary duty and/or a breach of trust; the second vrime is fraud.
Yes Bill and I sit here holding the evidence, hard copy hard core evidence of government fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and profound abuse of a vulnerable adult.
The SEC is worthless and should be closed. The Fed is no better. The FBI and Secret Service appear to be ” in on it” and if any of you are reading, you should know my name, and problem.
If not, feel free to knock on my door or ring my phone.
And yes, the US of A is completely and totally bankrupt, not official yet.
But Bill, then what?