TechCrunch is reporting, however, that the new guidelines might even ban swimsuits and fitness outfits. (Update: Except for Sports Illustrated.) This might be because what constitutes “overtly sexual content” isn’t any more clear for Apple than it is for Craigslist.
The San Francisco-based classifieds site ran into any variety of problems last year because of sexually based ads on its site (just two: a lawsuit from South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster, which was eventually dismissed; Boston-area assault victims, one of whom was murdered, who were allegedly lured to their assailant through Craigslist ads).
Now, attention has returned to the Craigslist personals section, as two women have been accused by Boston police of placing ads for prostitution on Craigslist. (The incident followed two other arrests for prostitution in other Massachusetts cities.)
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