Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response to FOSTA

Re:Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response t... by telesilla on Friday March 23, 2018 @08:42AM (#16657408)

It may not end sex trafficking but legalising prostitution lowers harm levels on workers, but allowing them to seek medical care and police protection without risk of incarceration. There is no down-side to legalisation as many would say for drugs, as it allows problems to have legal solutions.

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Re:Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response t... by hellofunk on Friday March 23, 2018 @09:29AM (#16657844)

I'm not in disagreement with you about legalization of prostitution in general, but with regards specifically to sex trafficking, there is much evidence from several countries that legalization actually makes sex trafficking worse -- most likely due to increased demand for a service anyone can enjoy legally.

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Re:Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response t... by wu-ikkyu on Friday March 23, 2018 @09:44AM (#16657997)

Could you cite some of this evidence?

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Re:Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response t... by hellofunk on Friday March 23, 2018 @11:38AM (#16659181)

The issue comes up quite often in the local papers here in the Netherlands. Some other commenters here have pointed to some other reports from other countries.

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Re:Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response t... by DanBC on Friday March 23, 2018 @09:30AM (#16657856)

You get those same benefits if you keep buying sex illegal but decriminalise selling.

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