Minneapolis Human Rights Group Declines Craigslist Money:

In a move that can be seen as a slap in the face to craigslist a Minneapolis human rights group rejected am unsolicited $25K grant from the craigslist foundation.

The Advocates for Human Rights rejected the grant because of craigslist’s pitiful record of attempting to combat human trafficking on its site.

“While The Advocates appreciates the recognition of its work, it cannot accept the funds because Craigslist generates a high percentage of its profits from adult ads,” the organization said in a statement “This market fuels the human sex trafficking industry. It is the exploitive behavior resulting from these ads that makes our efforts necessary.”

Or as I call it the craigslist conundrum.

Since the NY Times article came out that claimed craigslist is making a large chunk of money off of its sex ads we’ll be seeing more of these advocacy groups turning craigslist’s money away.

I’m sure Jim Buckmaster isn’t probably too broken up about it. That’s more money he gets to keep.