CraigsList Responds to Lawsuit
Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster has responded to the lawsuit filed this week by the sheriff of Chicago’s Cook County against the Web classified publication.
Buckmaster suggested that the suit is a waste of time. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart called Craigslist one of the country’s largest sources of prostitution in the complaint he filed in federal court and asked the court to force Craigslist managers to remove their erotic services section.
Buckmaster said in a statement late Friday that Craigslist wrote Dart in 2007 and explained that the law is pretty clear and favors Craigslist.
“As our counsel explained to Sheriff Dart’s Department in 2007,” Buckmaster wrote. “Craigslist cannot be held liable, as a matter of clear federal law, for content submitted to the site by our users…Frankly, Sheriff Dart’s actions mystify me.”
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