CENSORSHIP IN THE USA, AS Craigslist Personals From Around the World ---- Minimization of Freedom of Expression

CENSORSHIP IN THE USA, AS Craigslist Personals From Around the World ---- Minimization of Freedom of Expression

 

As Craigslist is being forced to close their personal ad section, due to US Congress HR 1865, "FOSTA", it is not surprising that around the world personal ads can still be accessed. Thus not the land of FREEDOM of EXPRESSION is proving to the world how hypocritical special interest groups and freedom of assembly can be to the majority!!!

The following are real Craigslist Personal Ads, listed 3/24/2018 10:40AM (San Francisco Time-USA)!!!




FRANCE:

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Publié about 17 hours ago

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GAY EROTIQUE FILM COLLECTION - m4m

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Je souhaite vendre ma collection de films gays.
+ de 500 films de productions/titres connus
Falcon, Titan, Jocks, Cazzo, Lucas, Bel Ami, Mustang, Hot House, Buckshot, Raging Stallion, Kristen Bjorn, Kazan...etc
BON PRIX, par lot ou par studio

• ne PAS me contacter pour des services ou offres non requises

Id publi: 6541166432

publié: about 17 hours ago

par mail à un ami

♥ le meilleur de ^[?]

 ^BELGIUM

belgium >personals >women seeking men>post account >x prohibited^[?]

Posted 4 days ago

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Am ready to be a good wife to any good man

body: average
height: 5'7" (170cm)
status: single

age: 26

have lived a Very lonely life for many years, i am ready to build a new and happy family with any matured man from the age of 29 and above. My dear if you fine interest in me and ready to settle or if you find me as the right woman you need to spend the rest of your life with, send me a letter .I seek a well mannered lovely generous gentleman that enjoys outings and taking his lady out to lovely restaurants, gigs, events. It's nice doing things .

• do NOT contact me with unsolicited services or offers

post id: 6536892847

posted: 4 days ago

email to a friend

♥ best of ^[?]

^IRAQ

 raq >personals >casual encounters>post>account

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Posted about 11 hours ago

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Hosting in Kabul - m4m - m4m (RS)

body: athletic
height: 6'0" (182cm)

masculine, athletic-build vers looking for fun at Emb or RS.

Open minded people wanted a NSA meeting.

I have body pics to trade.

• do NOT contact me with unsolicited services or offers

post id: 6541339339

posted: about 11 hours ago

email to friend

♥ best of ^[?]

^PAKISTAN

 ^pakistan >personals >casual encounters>post>account

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Posted 11 days ago

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Hi i am in pakistan for 2 weeks - m4w (Islamabad)

body: athletic
height: 5'11" (180cm)
status: single

age: 29

Hi i am in Pakistan for 2 weeks and looking for a lady who is free and can give me a company will go for food shopping and outing if anyone interested let me know and rrply me asap
No strings attached
Cheers

• it's ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

post id: 6529754144

posted: 11 days ago

email to friend

♥ best of ^[?]

^KENYA

 CL>kenya >personals>women seeking men>post>accoun

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Posted 26 days ago

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FROM FRIENDS, TO LOVERS TO SOULMATES ❤❤ (Nairobi)

body: curvy
eye color: Hazel
height: 5'2" (157cm)
zodiac: ♍ virgo
ethnicity: Black
native language: English
personality: Bubbly
education: Undergad
kids, have: 1
status: single
drugs: never
kids, want: Someday
smokes: never

age: 23

Long post alert!!

About me : I am a beautiful and curvy young woman in my early twenties. Five feet two inches, 150lbs.
Sweet, intelligent, outgoing, outspoken with a bubbly personality.

I have a beautiful and amazing son; around 6 months old (definitely part of the package) who i love more than life!!
Despite the fact that he is my special little guy, i would love to have a connection with an adult
It's been over a year since i went on a date..

I enjoy cycling, movies (i am an addict),i love cooking, books, baking, eat outs, a night out (although it has been a while) definitely sleeping and i always like trying new things.

I am not looking for casual sex, i am searching for a serious guy, who shares my interests, lets start out as friends and see what happens. I want someone that will help me grow and make me a better person! (I know that it's hard to find such a person here but it wouldn't hurt to try)

Anyway, serious responses only. Don't forget to include your *photo (for a quick response), your age and a little about yourself.


I'd prefer anyone that's within Nairobi because long distance relationship hardly ever work.

P/S No picture=No response.

Ciao

• do NOT contact me with unsolicited services or offers

post id: 6511196374

posted: 26 days ago

updated: 22 days ago

email to friend

♥ best of ^[?]

^{I guess the rest of the world gets to enjoy and access for their individualistic whims, the delight of what was once known as FREEDOM of EXPRESSION in the United States!!! Enjoy, such freedoms are always bound to be removed!!!} 

US CONGRESS PASSED HR 1865 "FOSTA" no more Craigslist Personal Ads

 


MESSAGE ON CRAIGSLIST:

US Congress just passed HR 1865, "FOSTA", seeking to subject websites to criminal and civil liability when third parties (users) misuse online personals unlawfully.
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!

Craigslist removes notorious personals section

 Chris Gothner Reporter: Updated: 10:20 PM CDT Mar 23, 2018

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — A new federal bill aiming to stop online sex trafficking has led to the shutdown of Craigslist's notorious personals sections.
The service laments a bill passed Wednesday by the U.S. Senate on a 97-2 vote that will hold websites liable for users who misuse online personals. The bill is an attempt to prevent sex trafficking.

A companion bill passed the House in February with wide bipartisan support.
In Iowa, where Interstate 80 runs east and west and Interstate 35 runs north and south, police said they're being extra vigilant about human trafficking.
"The state and federal authorities do a lot of things that we work with and collaborate with to try and prevent human trafficking, especially along the I-80/I-35 corridor," said Sgt. Chad Underwood, with the Urbandale Police Department.

Kellie Markey, who runs a local shelter called Dorothy's House, said she hopes the Craigslist shutdown will curb trafficking. "Whatever can be done to continue to make Iowa the hardest place to execute this business is all good," she said. "The perpetrators of this crime are very sophisticated in finding their market, and regardless of what Craigslist does or Backpage does, these perpetrators are going to find ways to find their buyers."

Groups such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation have come out against the bills, saying they have a chilling effect on free speech.  (( I AGREE!!!)
And human trafficking survivor advocacy group Freedom Network USA said in a letter to legislators that the bill could harm victims and sex workers by pushing the trade underground.
But Markey said, even though she thinks perpetrators will eventually find new ways to victimize, "the harder we make it for people to conduct this crime, the better."
Police said traffickers can also go on sites such as Facebook. If you see anything questionable on social media, police said, call authorities and keep an eye on your children's online behavior.
Craigslist says on its website, "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."
President Trump is expected to sign the bill into law.

KCCI Des Moines

Craigslist Removes 'Personals' Section After Congress Passes Sex Trafficking Bill

 By Kate Samuelson March 23, 2018

 

Craigslist, the widely-used classified ads website, has removed its ‘personals’ section, which displays dating and friendship listings, from its U.S. website in response to a new bill against sex trafficking passed by Congress Wednesday.

Under the new bill, individuals who own, manage or operate a website “to promote or facilitate the prostitution of another person” can face fines and prison terms of up to 10 years. Penalties can also be imposed on a person who “promotes or facilitates” prostitution of five or more people, or “acts with reckless disregard that such conduct contributes to sex trafficking.”

This means that the owners of websites which allow the posting of classified ads, such as Craigslist, could face charges or prison terms even if third parties misuse the service to promote prostitution.

In a statement posted on its website, Craigslist explained that “any tool or service can be misused” and therefore the company “can’t take such risk” with its ‘personals’ section. It added that it was “regretfully” taking its personal ads offline, but would hopefully “bring them back some day.”
Over the years, Craigslist’s ‘personals’ section has developed something of a cult following in the U.S., spawning Twitter accounts devoted to sourcing the strangest, funniest and most heartwarming posts. One such account, called CraigslistLove, has nearly 60,000 followers.
However, the site has also been used in the past for listings for escorts.

I knew we were meant to be the moment you said Hillary Clinton was a lizard person.

— Craigslist Love (@craigslistlove) March 17, 2018

Craigslist shuts down its personals section

by Sara Ashley O'Brien   @saraashleyo March 23, 2018: 10:04 AM ET

Craigslist is shutting down its personals section.

The service announced on Friday it will no longer operate the portion of its website that allows individuals to seek encounters with strangers.

The move comes two days after the Senate approved of bipartisan legislation called the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act.

The legislation, now awaiting President Donald Trump's signature, would create an exception to Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, which would pave the way for victims of sex trafficking to sue websites that facilitate their abuse.
The House version already passed with overwhelming support and received an endorsement from the White House.
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is a legal protection that gives a broad layer of immunity to online companies from being held liable for user-generated content.
Companies are expected to act in good faith to protect users from "obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable" content. Critics argue it can, and has, be used as a shield that protects companies from being held liable.
Related: Tech advocates want to stop a new Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act. Here's why.
However, tech industry associations and internet rights advocates are concerned about the free speech implications of the legislation. In August 2017, 10 tech trade groups -- including the Internet Association and the Interactive Advertising Bureau -- coauthored a letter condemning the Senate bill and said it would have a "chilling effect" on companies.
"Platforms will err on the side of extreme caution in removing content uploaded by their users, while cutting back on proactive prevention measures," the groups warned in the letter.
"Any tool or service can be misused," Craigslist said in a statement on its website. "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."
The personals section, which is still visible on the Craigslist homepage, now redirects users to the announcement about the shutdown.

CNNMoney (New York) First published March 23, 2018: 10:04 AM ET

US CONGRESS: H.R.1865 — 115th Congress (2017-2018)

 Shown Here:

Sponsor:	Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2] (Introduced 04/03/2017)
Committees:	House - Judiciary; Energy and Commerce
Committee Reports:	H. Rept. 115-572
Latest Action:	Senate - 03/21/2018 Message on Senate action sent to the House.  (All Actions)
Roll Call Votes:	There have been 4 roll call votes

Passed House amended (02/27/2018)

Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017
(Sec. 2) This bill expresses the sense of Congress that section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 was not intended to provide legal protection to websites that unlawfully promote and facilitate prostitution and websites that facilitate traffickers in advertising the sale of unlawful sex acts with sex trafficking victims. Section 230 limits the legal liability of interactive computer service providers or users for content they publish that was created by others.
(Sec. 3) The bill amends the federal criminal code to add a new section that imposes penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to 10 years, or both—on a person who, using a facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce, owns, manages, or operates an interactive computer service (or attempts or conspires to do so) to promote or facilitate the prostitution of another person.
Additionally, it establishes enhanced penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to 25 years, or both—for a person who commits the offense in one of the following aggravating circumstances: (1) promotes or facilitates the prostitution of five or more persons, or (2) acts with reckless disregard that such conduct contributes to sex trafficking.
A person injured by an aggravated offense may recover damages and attorneys' fees in a federal civil action.
A court must order mandatory restitution, in addition to other criminal or civil penalties, for an aggravated offense in which a person acts with reckless disregard that such conduct contributes to sex trafficking.
A defendant may assert, as an affirmative defense, that the promotion or facilitation of prostitution is legal in the jurisdiction where it was targeted.
(Sec. 4) The bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to declare that section 230 does not limit: (1) a federal civil claim for conduct that constitutes sex trafficking, (2) a federal criminal charge for conduct that constitutes sex trafficking, or (3) a state criminal charge for conduct that promotes or facilitates prostitution in violation of this bill.
The amendments apply regardless of whether alleged conduct occurs before, on, or after this bill's enactment.
(Sec. 5) The bill amends the federal criminal code to define a phrase related to the prohibition on sex trafficking. Currently, it a crime to knowingly benefit from participation in a venture that engages in sex trafficking. This bill defines "participation in a venture" to mean knowingly assisting, supporting, or facilitating a sex trafficking violation.
(Sec. 6) A state may file a federal civil action to enforce federal sex trafficking violations.
(Sec. 7) This section states that this bill does not limit federal or state civil actions or criminal prosecutions that are not preempted by section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934.
(Sec. 8) The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on information related to damages and mandatory restitution for aggravated offenses under this bill.