Commentary
First Amendment Kiss-Off** to Craigslist
A First Amendment kiss-off** to Craigslist, which is resisting the demands of seventeen state attorneys general (but not including California’s Jerry Brown) that it shut down the website’s “adult services” section because, claim the AGs, it continues to promote prostitution and child-trafficking despite the site owners’ introduction of vetting (by lawyers, no less!) of sexually-oriented listings. Let’s be clear: Craigslist has every right to publish sexually-explicit personals... [Read more]
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