Craigslist launches a case against an attorney general

Jim Buckmaster, the chief executive of Craigslist, the online classified site, disclosed the company had filed a lawsuit against McMaster, with the aim of clarifying that Craigslist hadn't broken any applicable laws regarding the "erotic services" category that the site has recently got rid of.

The story root goes back to the incident of so-called "Craigslist murder" that took place late last month. McMaster was among the officials calling for having Craigslist's erotic listings section, which was long-been accused of facilitating prostitution, exterminated. He threatened a criminal investigation and possible charges against Craigslist and its executives if the listing weren't removed from the site's South Carolina listings within 10 days. 

Later on Buckmaster announced Craigslist would be no longer accepting "erotic services" listings and would completely remove the section on May 20. Nonetheless, there was a new "adult services" section opened as a replacement, although, each posting was manually reviewed before appearing on the site. 

So far no charges have actually been filed by the attorney general against Craigslist, although, he announced on the South Carolina attorney general's website that the offending listings were still there, and his office would move forward with a criminal investigation and potential prosecution. Buckmaster responded to the post by saying, the threats of prosecution had no legal merit and demanding McMaster retract his remarks and apologize.

McMaster found the new lawsuit against his office to be "good news" and pointed that the site has removed the erotic services section, which he called to be “a victory for law enforcement and for the people of South Carolina."