Craigslist, Thailand, and the new U.S. law

[cyberfarang]

5 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Update --

the action Craigslist took (because of fear of prosecution) to kill the personal ad section in the USA has now been nixed in Thailand as well.

So it seems they just didn't do it right away, perhaps their lawyers weren't sure before whether international exposure was a risk.

Checked Canada too, also gone, so I'm going to assume they have taken this option worldwide.

Amazing, just checked, you are right. Done some searching and now they have moved their personal and sexual services ads under Thailand services.

 

The personals on Craigslist were filled with, scammers, weirdos, perverts and fake ads to coax people into sending their details and sexual images. Very dangerous and should have been closed down long ago. It seems craigslist are allowing those wanting or offering sexual services to advertise in the services section to get around the laws. This I guess is because the personal ads sections were a major draw of craigslist. Hope eventually the whole lot gets shut down and placed out of business. I wouldn`t recommend anyone to purchase or advertise on there.

[Jingthing]

Well I think the law has forced Craigslist to throw the baby out with the bathwater. For example, now you can't even post a request for tennis partner.

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[siam2007]

25 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Well I think the law has forced Craigslist to throw the baby out with the bathwater. For example, now you can't even post a request for tennis partner.

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If logic applies in US law, Facebook must be shut down now too

[cyberfarang]

4 hours ago, siam2007 said:

 

If logic applies in US law, Facebook must be shut down now too

Actually, the way events have unfolded for Mark Zuckerberg recently, it would not surprise me if facebook does get shutdown, or at least toned down and severely limited as what seems to have happened with Craigslist.

 

I sincerely hope it does

[MaeJoMTB]

21 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Update --

the action Craigslist took (because of fear of prosecution) to kill the personal ad section in the USA has now been nixed in Thailand as well.

So it seems they just didn't do it right away, perhaps their lawyers weren't sure before whether international exposure was a risk.

Checked Canada too, also gone, so I'm going to assume they have taken this option worldwide.

Oman as well.

[siam2007]

On 5/5/2018 at 6:25 PM, cyberfarang said:

Actually, the way events have unfolded for Mark Zuckerberg recently, it would not surprise me if facebook does get shutdown, or at least toned down and severely limited as what seems to have happened with Craigslist.

 

I sincerely hope it does

 

I second that

 

 

[spidermike007]

On 3/26/2018 at 8:35 AM, wwest5829 said:

Not focused on this subject only but I reject the idea that the USA can claim extraterritorial jurisdiction over its citizens' worldwide. I look forward to Russia an/or China claiming the same rights over their citizens on US soil. Somehow I think the US government would find they would not agree...

 

It is absolutely the case. When an American man is arrested for being with a 16 year old girl, the embassy not only wants to know, they offer a reward to the local police for this info. An assistant US attorney is then dispatched from Washington, and he is taken back on a plane in handcuffs, to face a federal trial on statutory rape charges. The only evidence that is needed is  written statement from the girl, stating that they engaged in sex. Period. The case is closed. The victim never stood a chance. The feds will throw millions of dollars at his conviction. And he will spend 10 years in a federal prison. Even if the victim happens to be wealthy it does not matter. Wealth does not often buy your way out of a conviction, in the federal courts. This stuff happens often. Americans have to exercise extreme caution overseas. The feds are overzealous, to put it mildly. Voracious and rabid might be a better description. 

 

FOSTA and SESTA are positively evil legislation, sponsored by Ron Portman and 26 other equally flawed and dumb as dirt senators. They are deeply ignorant men and women.

 

Only Ron Wyden and Paul Rand voted against it. Every other senator approved these heinous acts. It is the 100% pimp employment act, and forces sex workers in the US out onto the streets. It does not clean up a thing. It is a piece of crap law, that accomplishes nothing except make sex harder to find, and deeper underground, passed by a group of wanna-be Puritans, that are deeply ignorant about human nature, the need for a little TLC, and hellbent on their continues crusade against the sale of sex in the US. However, this act will fail, as many other have, and the US will continue to be one of the world's largest markets for prostitution. 

 

Representative Mimi Walters stated that websites such as Backpage have become the "storefronts" for the modern-day slave trade and that the FOSTA-SESTA legislation will help prosecutors "crack down on websites that promote sex trafficking" as well as provide recourse for victims. Representative Carlolyn Maloney (D-NY) stated her support for the FOSTA-SESTA package, believing that "Congress must act to clarify that Section 230 of the communications decency act was never meant to shield sex traffickers."

 

Opposition to the bill was voiced by members of Congress as well. In an official statement Senator Ron Wyden stated, "I continue to be deeply troubled that this bill’s approach will make it harder to catch dangerous criminals, that it will favor big tech companies at the expense of startups and that it will stifle innovation." Opposition was split across party lines with Senator Rand Paul also voting against the bill.

[skorchio]

Its a shame cos craiglist was always good for a perv, if bored. I enjoyed cruising the ads just to see if anything really interesting was offered. Also reading some peoples perversions was interesting, for example guys advertising to wear a mask and lick fat birds in their own place, etc. Brilliant!!