The popular American advertising portal Craigslist decided to give in to pressure and remove the erotic section from its ads, as many argued that it was a showcase for prostitution and the website was in the spotlight after a student killed a prostitute he had contacted through this medium.
The site said the section would be replaced by adult ads but that amazon data these would be reviewed by the site's team, which has a total of 28 employees, according to the Washington Post , which will remove contacts that propose exchanging money for sex.
The company said on its blog that it would give existing ads a seven-day window to be removed and that new ads in the section would cost $10 but that the proceeds would go to charities, the company said in a blog post.
"We are optimistic that the new equilibrium will lead to a compromise acceptable to all parties," Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster said on the company's blog.
In this statement, the company wanted to defend itself from sensationalist publications that claimed there was a relationship between this website and the incidence of violent crimes and assured that it had statistics that prove its harmlessness.
Classified ads were the first to migrate to the internet and according to News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch, they will never return to print. In Spain, most newspapers include prostitution ads on their classifieds pages.