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Craigslist personals, some subreddits disappear after FOSTA passage
From: "Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2018 16:46:52 -0400
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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> Date: March 24, 2018 at 3:25:23 PM EDT To: Multiple recipients of Dewayne-Net <dewayne-net () warpspeed com> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Craigslist personals, some subreddits disappear after FOSTA passage Reply-To: dewayne-net () warpspeed com Craigslist personals, some subreddits disappear after FOSTA passage EFF: "Online platforms will have little choice but to become much more restrictive.” By CYRUS FARIVAR Mar 23 2018 <https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/03/craigslist-personals-some-subreddits-disappear-with-fosta-passage/> In the wake of this week’s passage of the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) bill in both houses of Congress on Wednesday, Craigslist has removed its "Personals" section entirely, and Reddit has removed some related subreddits, likely out of fear of future lawsuits. FOSTA, which awaits the signature of President Donald Trump before becoming law, removes some portions of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The landmark 1996 law shields website operators that host third-party content (such as commenters, for example) from civil liability. The new bill is aimed squarely at Backpage, a notorious website that continues to allow prostitution advertisements and has been under federal scrutiny for years. In a bizarre turn of events, the Department of Justice also warned the House in February 2018 that the bill "raises a serious constitutional concern," as it would apply retroactively—a seeming violation of the Constitution's ex post facto clause. Congress passed it anyway. On Thursday, in a brief statement on its website, Craigslist wrote: Any tool or service can be misused. We can't take such risk without jeopardizing all our other services, so we are regretfully taking craigslist personals offline. Hopefully we can bring them back some day. To the millions of spouses, partners, and couples who met through craigslist, we wish you every happiness! In what appears to be a related move, on Wednesday, Reddit announced that it would ban a number of subreddits, including any that allow users to "solicit or facilitate any transaction or gift involving certain goods and services," including firearms, narcotics, alcohol, stolen goods, and "paid services involving physical sexual contact," among others. However, some related subreddits, such as /r/sexsells, will stay. Neither Craigslist nor Reddit immediately responded to Ars’ request late Thursday evening for further comment. [snip] Dewayne-Net RSS Feed: http://dewaynenet.wordpress.com/feed/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wa8dzp
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