Attorneys general in 17 states have banded together to call on Craigslist, the online classified ad website, to discontinue its adult services section.
CNN's Amber Lyon confronts Craiglist and speaks with people who sell sex on the site.
Last month, two girls trafficked for sex through the website Craigslist wrote an open letter to its founder, Craig Newmark, pleading with him to get rid of the adult services section, where sex ads are placed.
CNN's Amber Lyon probes allegations that Craigslist is not doing what it can to combat child sex trafficking.
On a late afternoon in early June, undercover police officers circled a one-story highway motel north of Washington. Inside was a 12-year-old girl who told her mother she was being forced to work as a prostitute.
We continuously make decisions every day, from which restaurants and dry cleaners to patronize to who to vote for. Sometimes we know enough to make those decisions ourselves, but often we rely on friends, or on friends of friends, or even on strangers.
Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist and a customer-service guru, was riding on a public train in San Francisco, California, recently when something common but annoying occurred: The railcar filled with people and became uncomfortably hot.
Technology is changing the face of American politics, say many experts, and at least one Web pioneer calls it the biggest change since the American Revolution.
In a move that pits two of the Internet's most popular sites against each other, EBay Inc. sued Craigslist on Tuesday, alleging the classifieds company unfairly tried to dilute the online auctioneer's stake in it.
The business tools you can't work without
Most Americans believe that if you play fair and work hard, you'll get ahead. But this notion is threatened by legislation passed Thursday night by the U.S. House of Representatives that would allow Internet service providers to play favorites among different Web sites.
Fortune: All in a day's workupdated: Thu Mar 16 2006 13:38:00
To really get inside the way today's business leaders do their jobs, FORTUNE spent an entire day shadowing three top executives: the laid-back techie who runs online classified site Craigslist; the pioneering boss of ad sales at CBS; and the nonstop CEO of an NBA team. From coast to coast, sunrise to sunset, we logged every meeting, e-mail and coffee break. Right up to the final buzzer. See scenes from their day.
Fortune: BURNING SENSATIONupdated: Mon Dec 12 2005 00:01:00
ON AN UNCHARACTERISTICALLY sunny November day, in an unfashionable neighborhood of San Francisco, Craig Newmark ambles into his cramped office at Craigslist, the online classified-listings company....
It may not have the instantly identifiable primary-colored logo of eBay, but another Web site is having a big impact on how business is done in Cyberspace.
In 1995, Craig Newmark gave his first name to a small, local Web site that helped spread the word about happenings where he lived in San Francisco, California.
My found-through-Craigslist inventory runs deep. My last two apartments. My dining room table. My living room couches. My futon. Red Sox tickets. Freelance writing assignments. I sold my car through the service.
Being a single guy in Silicon Valley isn't easy. For one thing, the numbers don't work in your favor. Officially there are 40,641 more men than women between the ages of 20 and 44 in Santa Clara Co...
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