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I found this article on Washington Post online. I choose this article because I thought that it fit perfectly with my topic. On Friday, November 7, 2008 the advertising company, Craigslist, made an agreement with 40 attorney general that “anyone who posts an ‘erotic services” ad will be required to provide a working phone number and pay a fee with a valid credit card.” Craigslist’s CEO says that this deal/agreement will help the legitimate escort services to continue advertising and it helps in “proving a strong disincentive to companies that are conducting illegal business.” This deal/agreement was started because the Connecticut Attorney General was getting complaints for the users of Craigslist about photos of nudity on the site. Craigslist is also going to be using new technology that helps the authorities to find missing children and human trafficking victims. Although the deal/agreement does cover the business advertising part of Craigslist but it still doesn’t cover the personal ads of it, that prostitutes use to find “dates”, but they are working on ways to fix that. I think that these is a good place to help stop human trafficking because the internet is becoming more and more popular every day. It is easy to access and you can do it from the privacy of your own home.




Eaton-Robb, Pat. "Craigslist to crack down on prostitution ads." The Washington Post 7 Nov. 2008.