Prostitutes Choose Facebook over Craigslist for Advertising

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Facebook getting freaky? Columbia University sociology professor Sudhir Venkatesh has published a report claiming that Facebook is becoming the new hub for prostitutes and the johns that solicit their services.

Venkatesh estimates that in 2008, 25 percent of a prostitute’s regular clients came via Facebook. He says the social networking website has eclipsed Craigslist in this arena. By the end of 2011, he says, Facebook “will be the leading online recruitment space” for sex workers.

Read about it at Cnet News.

For more on prostitution in Hawaii, read Civil Beat’s article on Craigslist and Backpage.com.

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