If you thought the outrage about sex trafficking and explicit listings on eBay’s Spanish site Loquo would prompt swift and decisive action from eBay execs, then you would be absolutely right. They made it so the people complaining about the ads could no longer see them. Problem solved I guess.
eBay continues to accept the worst kind of ads, depicting “young Asian females engaged in unprotected sex” on its Spanish subsidiary Loquo. [Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster] points to a number of listings that showed graphic pictures of sexual acts, and also pointed out that eBay aggressively markets upsell opportunities to listers, effectively taking part in the transaction.
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How did eBay respond? By blocking access to Loquo from IP addresses originating in the U.S. But the site, and the listings, are easily accessible — just copy the URLs into an IP anonymizer, for example. The extremely NSFW listings are still up and active.
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