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Craigslist Founder Announces New Site
Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist, is trying something new – and substantial – today. This morning, he launched Craigconnects, an initiative (and website) designed to encourage and trigger charitable acts all over the world. Craigconnects isn’t intended to be any sort of side project or hobby for Newmark. In a video introduction, Newmark mentioned his ties to Craigslist, then stated, “Now I’m starting something even bigger, which I’m calling Craigconnects. Its long-term purpose is to help connect everyone of goodwill across the entire world for whatever they feel is the common good.” Also, as the screenshot below shows, Newmark said in a tweet that Craigconnects has become “the biggest thing in my life
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Craigslist Founder Announces New Site
Is Censoring Craigslist the Right Way to Go?
As you may have read by now, Craigslist has censored its “adult services” section. This appears to stem from a combination of pressure from numerous state attorneys general and negative media exposure . The issue at hand: ?prostitution and human trafficking being solicited through the site.? The situation brings to mind the conviction of Google execs over content uploaded to Google-owned YouTube, which led us to asking if social media sites should be held accountable for user actions.
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Is Censoring Craigslist the Right Way to Go?
