They have also changed the reviews for providers. No longer is there a description of what a provider offers (i.e. French, Fetish, MSOG, etc). Everything that was on the right side of the review is now gone. Also, I just had a review rejected because it was too explicit. It had the same type of info I have put in other Escort reviews, but this one was rejected.
As for the verification, it sounds like they are doing what BP and CL were forced to do when they made a deal with the state Attorney Generals. If you remember, BP and CL "promised" that they would only accept ads from those who had a verifiable credit card on file.
These advents are a damn shame because Escorts is probably the best resource for my part of the country. Unfortunately ECCIE hasn't penetrated (pun intended ) my geographic region.