(AP) -- HARTFORD, Conn. - The Web site Craigslist says it will crack down on ads for prostitution. It is doing so as part of an agreement with attorneys general in 40 states. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says the deal will require people who post "erotic services" ads on Craigslist to provide a working phone number and pay a fee with a valid credit card. The Web site will provide that information to law enforcement if subpoenaed to do so.

Craigslist has also agreed to sue 14 software and Internet companies that help people who post erotic service ads circumvent the Web site's defenses against inappropriate content and illegal activity. Craigslist will also begin using new search technology in an effort to help authorities find missing children and victims of human trafficking.

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CA did not sign the agreement...

Re: does anyone know what in the world is going on with craigslist???

they are trying to weed out all the low level girls that are fake, I think I is a step in the right direction any provider that does not have some kind of credit card isn't doing somthing right, It is nothing to get some kind of credit card if you notice the list has gotten extremely small compared t what it used to be, so now there is not so much compeition

Does it matter?  Its nothing but pimped out bait and switch anyway...why the heck would you want to advertise there in the first place?

I know not everyone who posts on there is pimped out bait and switch...but I for one wouldnt want to be put in the "pimped out bait and switch" group if I wasnt one...and like they say..."guilt by association".