03-24-2018, 07:13 PM
The reason CL shut down the personals is due to a new law that could open them to lawsuits or other litigation. The new law states that a website can be held accountable if third party user(s) post advertisements that involve illegal sex trafficking/prostitution. Prior to this new law, Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act stated websites were given some degree of protection from liability due to third party user created content/posts. The new law changes that and can open them and other similar sites up to liability.
My experiences with CL have been both good and bad. I've sold a couple of cars years ago in person via CL advertisements and that went well. However, CL is also a haven for scammers and spammers. There are a lot of shady people that stalk CL looking to take advantage of people. I posted some furniture for sale not long ago and most of the replies I got were the, "Let me send you money order to hold item for me. Money order will be more than you ask but only way I can pay. Please subtract cost and wire back extra money. I will then send to pick up item when I get wire from you."
Also despite their .org extension CL is a for-profit company.
My experiences with CL have been both good and bad. I've sold a couple of cars years ago in person via CL advertisements and that went well. However, CL is also a haven for scammers and spammers. There are a lot of shady people that stalk CL looking to take advantage of people. I posted some furniture for sale not long ago and most of the replies I got were the, "Let me send you money order to hold item for me. Money order will be more than you ask but only way I can pay. Please subtract cost and wire back extra money. I will then send to pick up item when I get wire from you."
Also despite their .org extension CL is a for-profit company.
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