News You Could Do Without. CEO Jim Buckmaster has taken to the Craigslist blog to point out that eBay is a hell of a lot worse at policing that type of content , highlighting multiple cases where classified ads on eBay owned sites blatantly and in very not-safe-for-work fashion pitch prostitution. It comes off a bit tone deaf, honestly. Yes, the situation is ridiculous, but this is an emotionally driven topic, and the response people want to see is what Craigslist is doing proactively, not how others are worse.
Filed Under: adult services , blame Companies: craigslist , ebay. He makes millions, yet somehow makes people think he is running a non-profit community service. Meanwhile, he is making a ton of money off illegal prostitution in the US. Go to Spain, Craig. Then you can make your trade legal. IIRC, Jim is autistic and a very focused person. Same goes for the engineers at CL. Craigslist is accused of being the most popular place for child sex trafficking.
It is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world, tied with the illegal arms industry as the second largest, after the drug-trade. Those are personal decisions. The problem is traffickers forcing children and other vulnerable people to work for them. I agree with you on this. But why would anyone want to pay more taxes so that those women can get a free lunch courtesy of our hard work?
Maybe if drugs were decriminalized, there would be opportunities for the drug addicts to escape prostitution. But why should we care about some junkie?
Maybe if prostitution were legal and well regulated, then the demand for forced trafficking could be reduced. But why should we care about perverts who want to pay for sex? Why would Craig, et al.. Craigslist no more nor less enables prostitution or any other less than legal activity when compared to news papers, blogs, facebook, one-model-place or any other social site.
