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No sex change for Craigslist
Attorneys: Site hasn’t cleaned up
By O’Ryan Johnson

Just weeks after vowing to clean up its act on the heels of an erotic masseuse’s killing in a Hub hotel, Craigslist is back to its old tricks, running thinly veiled sex-for-hire ads and sparking a new round of outrage from law enforcement.

Ads posted on the Internet giant have replaced pornographic photos and explicit sexual language with shots of scantily clad women tantilizing would-be johns with “love it like it’s your last . . . have some fun with this sexy, attractive, vibrant young lady. My measurements are . . . ”

Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley ripped the Web site, saying its new “adult services” ads are basically no different than the old “erotic services” come-ons.

“A cursory look at the adult services section of the site shows no significant distinction from the ‘erotic services’ section that preceded it,” Conley told the Herald.

“Our concern is public safety. As we’ve seen in Boston, the online advertisement of illegal services provided an assailant a shopping list of victims,” he added.

Conley’s office is prosecuting Philip Markoff, the alleged Craigslist killer who is accused of gunning down erotic masseuse Julissa Brisman and robbing two other women he met through Craigslist.

In Illinois, Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart, a staunch Craigslist critic, said the new revamped site has changed little from the old raunchy one.

“To say I’ve been less than overwhelmed by Craigslist’s new practices would be an understatement,” Dart told the Herald.

“They made promises to the public but have yet to file anything with any court outlining these new monitoring procedures, how many monitors they have or who’s doing it. We don’t know if it’s a team of trained, qualified staff or a summer intern.”