03-26-2007, 11:37 AM
Quote:In the wake of an FBI raid on the home of a Sacramento photographer for allegedly posting photos of underage prostitutes on craigslist, experts said the huge online classified site has no responsibility for policing such behavior.
In fact, federal law specifically exempts online services from such liability, said Lauren Gelman, associate director of the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford University Law School.
Gelman said the federal Communications Decency Act, passed in 1996, exempts online services such as craigslist, America Online and Yahoo from liability for the content that their users post...
full article: http://www.sacbee.com/103/story/142551.html
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Quote:An eight-month investigation of underage prostitution advertised on Craigslist, a popular Internet classified ad site, led FBI agents to raid the home and photo studio of a man, court documents say...
The case is the latest to focus legal scrutiny on Craigslist and prostitution ads on the highly popular Internet site. Craigslist has been linked in news accounts to prostitution stings from New York City suburbs to Chicago to Seattle...
full article: http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couri...S1.article