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Craigslist has several important issues it must deal with, as company representatives recently met with officials over suspected advertisements posted on the site related to erotic services and other sexual activity.

Craigslist attorneys and representatives met with the attorneys general from Connecticut, Illinois, and Missouri to discuss safety concerns related to the site.

"Craigslist has continued to develop further improvements, some of which have been introduced in the last two weeks,” Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster said.  “We’re optimistic this goal can be reached while preserving all beneficial aspects of a site enjoyed by tens of millions of Americans, and without compromising the quintessentially American values of free speech embodied in our constitution.”

Buckmaster described the meeting as "cordial and productive."

Specifically, the meeting was arranged when Philip Markoff, a 23-year-old medical student at Boston University, was charged with murder after allegedly meeting with a masseuse through the website.  Nicknamed the "Craigslist killer," Markoff met and robbed several people through the site.

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan requested Craigslist close the "erotic services" portion of...
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