But now, the adult services section of Craigslist is gone. What happened? Earl has disappeared from the East Coast. But just when you thought it was safe, Jacqui Jeras is here to tell us why you should still stay out of the water this holiday weekend. And there is no single answer for why married men cheat. But there is a new study that says they're five times more likely to stray if their wives make more money. Across the country, users trying to access the adult services section are instead finding the word "censored.
The pressure has been growing. Last week, the attorneys general in 17 states called on Craigslist to take just such an action and Connecticut attorney general, Richard Blumenthal, says Craigslist made this move on its own.
And so, Craigslist really voluntarily did the right thing, as a result of our job owning and talking to them. But I think that it can be a model for other sites that may either, enable or encourage prostitution ads.
Leading our investigation into all of this has been Amber Lyon. Amber, you join us now. What do you know about the latest? Victims' advocates now are just praising Craigslist for this latest decision. If you go to any part of Craigslist, any city in the U. We've been trying to get ahold of Craigslist to find out if this is permanent. We have not been able to get ahold of them so far.
But one thing is for sure, this section on Craigslist has caused a ton of controversy with victims' advocates and attorneys general for the past several years saying that women and children are being sold like sex slaves on this portion of the site against their will. So in May of -- here, I'll give you a little history -- Craigslist came out and said, "You know what, we're going to manually screen these ads to protect these women and children.
