South Carolina AG threatens to press criminal charges against Craigslist

South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster is threatening to file criminal charges against Craigslist if they don’t remove the “erotic services” section from the S.C. section.

McMaster said in a letter to Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster that the section is used as vehicle to advertise and solicit prostitution. He also accused the service of not following though on the commitments it made to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and 43 AGs around the country back in November. At the time Craigslist agreed to improve measures to prevent its service from being misused. It began requiring advertisers to provide a valid phone number and pay for ads in the erotic services section with a credit card. It also said it would donate all revenues gained from that section to charity.