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Re:Upwork Advertises Cheating by blister on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @08:50PM (#13019298)
By itself, law essay writing as a service doesn't seem (to me) as a violation of their terms of use. There are a lot of use cases for producing web content/copy for websites, magazines, and the like that have absolutely nothing to do with education.

As an example, would "business plan writing" be a bad service to offer? What if an unscrupulous MBA student paid to have someone write a business plan for a college class?

I think this is mostly a non-issue and it seems like you have a bone to pick with upwork. What's the real story? Why do you hate them?

Re:Upwork Advertises Cheating by asoskm on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @08:58PM (#13019337)
Well, an "essay writing service" is a thinly veiled cheating service. It's intention is to assist students to submit essays they did not right.

Look up the other keywords. It's clear they want to target students.

Re:Upwork Advertises Cheating by blister on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @09:05PM (#13019374)
And that's where I really think you're missing the point. If I needed someone to write copy for my website, I'd search using those same terms (and have in the past).

UpWork is a service that sells workers. You're equating essay with education, which I think is a false correlation. The reason schools pound on essay writing so much is because so many professions require competent writers. I'm an engineer and probably spend 25% of my year writing documents, essays, proposals, blog posts, and website copy. UpWork may be unethical, but Keyword-Targeting Advertisements is not a good indicator of that.

Re:Upwork Advertises Cheating by asoskm on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @09:31PM (#13019490)
Hmm, that's a very narrow, literalist approach. But reading between the lines, it's clear who they're targeting.