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GOOD QUESTION: Craigslist CEO asks why SC AG targets his site. COLUMBIA, S.C. ? Craigslist CEO?

By Glenn Reynolds

GOOD QUESTION: Craigslist CEO asks why SC AG targets his site.

COLUMBIA, S.C. ? Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster pointed out Saturday there are plenty of places in South Carolina other than his Web site to find prostitution ads and obscene photos, saying in a blog that he wants to know why the state’s top prosecutor is targeting his company.

South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster has threatened to prosecute Craigslist executives for aiding and abetting prostitution if an ad on the Web site leads to a prostitution case in South Carolina.

In the post on his company’s blog, Buckmaster linked to a publication in Greenville he said has a larger number of adult ads and more explicit content than his Web site. He later updated the post to point out a publication in Charleston that listed 19 adult ads on Friday.

In contrast, Buckmaster said the Greenville “adult services” portion of his site has had one ad for the past three days with a photograph of a completely clothed person, while the recently closed “erotic services” section had eight ads, none of which had obscene texts or nude pictures.

Read the whole thing, especially if you live in South Carolina.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on May 17, 2009 (boomark / email).