Craigslist Sued By School

Why are all of the scammers and frauds of this world so attracted to Craigslist? Once again, the site is in the news for violations by one of its users.

A North Vancouver ESL school for Korean students uses Craigslist to hire employees. Apparently a "John Doe" posted unauthorized and false allegations about the school in a series of ads on Craigslist. These ads contained false claims and slanderous remarks about the school.

The Province reports on Craigslist's cooperation (or lack thereof) in helping the school seek compensation for the damages ensued by the the false ads:

"The petition says Craigslist provided some information about the user in connection with one of the postings only because the user had violated an agreement against impersonation, but declined to release any other information and won't do so without a court order."

Prostitution Has Made Its Way Online

It seems that the oldest profession keeps up with technology. Prostitution is now for sale on the internet. I guess this should not come as a surprise but it is the first that I have heard of it.

ArkLaTexhomepage.com has an article about this spreading trend. It is entitled Sex...Just a Click Away and here is a little piece from the article:

"From internet predators to online scams, the World Wide Web has it all. But there's something new out there you need to know about…online prostitution. It’s happening on many different websites, but authorities say Craigslist is the most popular. Craigslist is a well-known site, similar to Ebay, where people can go online and sell or buy just about anything. But instead of selling used furniture, or household items, they’re selling themselves under the “erotic services” category on www.craigslist.com."

Crazy stuff going on in some parts of the internet world I say! You won't find any free classified ads like that on Flugpo!