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In response to the passage of the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA), Craigslist has removed Personals sections for U.S. users:
Classified advertising website Craigslist has closed its dating ads section in the US, in response to a new bill against sex trafficking.
The bill states that websites can now be punished for "facilitating" prostitution and sex trafficking.
Ads promoting prostitution and child sexual abuse have previously been posted in the "personals" section of Craigslist.
The company said keeping the section open in the US was too much of a risk.
In a statement, Craigslist said the new law would "subject websites to criminal and civil liability when third parties (users) misuse online personals unlawfully".
Reddit also took the opportunity to ban a number of subreddits (list not exhaustive), including some like /r/escorts, but many more broadly related to "transactions for goods and services".
Also at Ars Technica and The Verge.
(Score: 1) by anubi on Wednesday March 28 2018, @04:50AM
Dealership... you don't know anything at all about the car's history, all you know is the dealer probably bought it at auction. Why it was at auction is anybody's guess, but very few of the reasons are favorable to you.
Dealerships have very finely tuned presentation skills. They can polish a turd to a lustrous shine. That car will look like it just came off the showroom. However the big money is in the engine, transmission, and electrical gremlins. Why do you think everyone seems so pissed at used car dealers? They are like house flippers... beautiful re-stucco and paint, shrubbery neatly trimmed, hot buns in the oven... and when you move in, you discover there is significant problems in the foundation, the plumbing is badly corroded, and there is hidden damage from a leaky roof.
And I know good and well the used car market is flooded with machines that look beautiful, but may have been submerged in floodwater or involved with personal vendetta problems.
As far as I am concerned, CL is the ideal place to buy/sell a vehicle. Just be honest and fair. Most people are.
Understand the other person is likely distrustful. They have good reason to be.
I was afraid to carry cash, and insisted the cash transfer take place in the bank. He was afraid of title transfer trickery, he wanted it done at AAA. He was also afraid I might involve the van in an accident before transfer, but he would drive - ok, I countered by having him take the van to my mechanic for going over. That was acceptable, no brick and mortar businessman there for fifty years is gonna stoop to CL chicanery. Little by little we worked around each other's concerns. Then went to AAA for preparation of title transfer papers, then to USBank, when he got his cash and signed the DMV papers and handed them to me, right in front of their security camera - both of us looking right into the lens so just in case either of us was pulling a fast one, the bank had the evidence of the deal, - then to Mercury Insurance, where I assumed liability in his presence, then I drove him back to AAA to submit the signed papers, then drove him home, then I had my "new" van.
Anyway, this is how my CL deal went down, just in case anyone else wonders how complicated a CL deal is, or how to protect yourself from common fraud. I knew good and well I did not want to be carrying cash, and he knew good and well someone might well try to steal his van right in front of him. If either I or he was intolerant of each other's concerns, fraud would be very likely. You can usually tell when someone is trying to pull a fast one... they will get all bent out of shape about changing anything.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]