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Craigslist Shuts Down Personals<\/b>
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Forget finding your Missed Connections or hooking up for any more Casual Encounters because Craigslist Personals are finished.<\/p>\n

Writes the website<\/a>:<\/p>\n

US Congress just\u00a0passed\u00a0HR 1865, \u201cFOSTA\u201d<\/a>, seeking to subject websites to criminal and civil liability\u00a0when third parties (users) misuse online personals unlawfully.<\/p>\n

Any tool or service can be misused. We can\u2019t take\u00a0such risk without jeopardizing all our other services, so we are regretfully taking craigslist personals offline. Hopefully we can bring them back some day.<\/p>\n

To the millions of spouses, partners, and couples<\/a> who met through craigslist, we wish you every happiness!<\/p>\n

Fast Company explains<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Craiglist made the move after the passage of the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) on Wednesday.<\/strong>\u00a0The act makes it easier for sex<\/a> trafficking victims and prosecutors to sue websites that allowed sex<\/a> traffickers to post ads on the sites. Numerous tech companies fought against the bill arguing they couldn\u2019t be held liable for what people post on their platforms.<\/p>\n

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