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> In 2018, Craigslist permanently shuttered its personal ads section following a federal amendment to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a bedrock piece of legislation that enabled early websites to flourish by removing liability for user-generated content.

https://LokiList.com provides a (somewhat more private) replacement for the lost Craigslist personals. Since websites are now liable for user's content, users can only post text. Users may include a Session Private Messenger ID in their post or share their preferred contact information in their post body.



For reference, Section 230 still provides liability protection for most types of user-generated content (in the U.S.).

The 2018 ruling was centered on removing these protections related to sex trafficking.

There is still a drumbeat to remove legal liability protections for other types of content but they are not in place yet.


Wonder what the difference in traffic was before/after personals got shut down. I've heard first-hand stories about what a scene that was.


In my area, Craigslist has been usurped mostly by Kijiji. The personals section shutdown has spawned many "clones" over the years.


I like the conspiracy theory that craigslist was cutting into the sex market by letting workers go direct without any middlemen. That law was passed to maintain the status quo.


Big Pimp strikes again


Pimpin’ ain’t easy. You need lots of lobbyists and a continual presence on The Hill.


Nah, there are a lot of powerful organizations fighting pornography and sex work in the United States.


The Anti-Sex League is hard at work tamping down normalcy and overrepresenting [standard-]deviancy.


And yet far more propagating it. I wish the “powerful organizations” fighting pornography were half as powerful as its purveyors.




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