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Good luck, but I doubt it will work.

My first experience with craigslist was trying to figure out why they had the capability to block my wife's ad for a free dog that contained a mispelled word while the site's creator was busy trying to tell the government that there was nothing he could do about the many child prostitution ads that appeared on craigslist.



Craigslist does not allow you to sell or give away animals -- it likely had nothing to do with a misspelling.


The email that was sent to me said that it was because of a misspelled word.


> a mispelled word

Oh, irony.


It sounds like you ran afoul of the fickle community moderation. The last time I checked, CL doesn't block ads, they just get flagged off by regular users.


One depends on a spellchecker?


If you can parse text for spelling, surely you can parse text for the sexual exploitation of minors.


I would think that these ads aren't exactly to-the-point considering what is offered is extremely illegal. I sincerely doubt you could reliably identify them based on keywords alone.

If it were so easy to spot child exploitation ads, why doesn't the police or the FBI monitor sites like Craigslist? I'd much rather see the people involved in that filthy business prosecuted than simply having their ads blocked (which doesn't do anything for the victims).




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