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.

According to Craigslist, the number of erotic ads that appear on the website is down 90 to 95 percent over the last year. Craigslist has been better at policing their site in response to a federal lawsuit that has charged the company with facilitating prostitution. The lawsuit has called for the removal of the erotic more »

Iran is getting ready to debate a new law that could potentially send web criminals to the death chamber. The newly proposed bill is aimed to “toughen punishment for harming mental security in society,” and would mean that people found guilty of promoting activities such as corruption, prostitution or apostasy online could face the death more »