Tennessee Attorney General Bob Cooper today joined 16 other state attorneys general asking craigslist to immediately take down the Adult Services portion of its site due to continued allegations of rampant prostitution advertisements, according to a news release.
The multi-state letter, to craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster and founder Craig Newmark, contends that if craigslist does not adequately screen these ads it must stop accepting them altogether and shut down the Adult Services section, the news release stated.
"The increasingly sharp public criticism of craigslist's Adult Services section reflects growing allegations that ads for prostitution-including ads trafficking children-are rampant on it," Attorney General Cooper said in the release. "The company should take immediate action to help end exploitation of the women and children victimized as a result of these ads."
Even following craigslist's 2008 public pledge that it would better police its own site, the attorneys general allege that craigslist remains a hot spot for blatant prostitution ads.