{"id":2056085,"date":"2023-10-04T22:18:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T02:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pornhub-hit-with-10th-sex-trafficking-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2023-10-04T22:20:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T02:20:53","slug":"pornhub-hit-with-10th-sex-trafficking-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pornhub-hit-with-10th-sex-trafficking-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Pornhub faces its 10th sex trafficking lawsuit."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpornhub-hit-with-10th-sex-trafficking-lawsuit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2056085&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Aylo Faces Tenth Sex Trafficking Lawsuit with 62 Alleged Victims<\/h2>\n<p>Aylo, the parent company of Pornhub, is \u200bfacing yet another sex trafficking lawsuit, marking \u200cits tenth since 2020. This time, 62 alleged victims have filed the lawsuit in federal court, bringing the total number of people suing the \u2064online pornography giant to 257. The accusations include \u2063sex\u2064 trafficking, human trafficking,\u2063 and racketeering.<\/p>\n<h3>GirlsDoPorn Victims Seek Justice<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The latest lawsuit, the tenth of its kind, has\u200c been filed by victims of the now-defunct pornographic\u2064 website GirlsDoPorn. This website \u200dhad a strategic partnership with Aylo, promoting its videos on the popular flagship website Pornhub. According to Laila Mickelwait, founder of Traffickinghub, GirlsDoPorn used force, fraud, and coercion to exploit hundreds of young women, selling their pornographic videos online. The illegal\u2064 publication \u200cof these sex trafficking videos had devastating\u200b consequences for the victims. Within just 48 hours of being uploaded, the videos went viral, causing the victims to face ridicule, ostracization, and even suicidal thoughts. The lawsuit highlights the immense harm caused\u2062 by Aylo&#8217;s negligence in removing these videos from \u2064its platforms.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2019, \u200bindividuals\u2063 associated with GirlsDoPorn were charged\u200b with sex trafficking, and five\u200d co-conspirators have already pleaded\u2064 guilty. The site&#8217;s founder, Michael Pratt, managed to evade arrest until he was apprehended in Madrid, Spain,\u200b on December 23, 2022, after being added to the FBI&#8217;s top\u2062 10 most wanted list.<\/p>\n<h3>Aylo&#8217;s Negligence and\u2062 Devastating Consequences<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The 61 plaintiffs in the lawsuit\u2062 claim \u200dthat they reached out to\u2063 Aylo to have their\u2063 videos removed from \u2063the website, but\u2064 the company intentionally ignored their requests. Aylo continued to profit from these highly lucrative\u2062 videos, fully\u2062 aware of the harm it was causing the \u2063victims. It was only after the\u200c GirlsDoPorn employees were arrested and the website shut down that Aylo finally took action. However, by then, the damage had already been done. The videos had \u2064been spread\u2064 worldwide for over a decade, leading to severe emotional distress, including suicidal thoughts, depression, and PTSD among the victims. Many victims even resorted to changing their identities to escape the abuse.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The lawsuit also exposes Aylo&#8217;s \u2064problematic content moderation practices. Employees \u200dwere caught on camera admitting\u200b that protocols to remove illegal content, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/your-influence-in-the-republican-party-is-almost-zero-meghan-mccain-clashes-with-joy-behar\/\" title=\"\u2018Your Influence In The Republican Party Is Almost Zero\u2019: Meghan McCain Clashes With Joy Behar\">including sex trafficking<\/a> and child pornography, were not taken\u2062 seriously. In another trafficking\u200b lawsuit against the company, documents revealed that executives hindered the review of potential child\u200b sexual content.<\/p>\n<p>Aylo vehemently\u2062 denies any wrongdoing in terms of content moderation,\u200d claiming to have implemented comprehensive safeguards to prevent and eliminate illegal material. However, the lawsuit and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-bidens-hollywood-attorney-now-controls-his-stake-in-chinese-private-equity-firm\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden's Hollywood Attorney Now Controls His Stake in Chinese Private Equity Firm\">recent revelations suggest<\/a>\u200d otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Aylo issued a statement to the Washington Examiner, emphasizing their commitment to community safety and their compliance program. They expressed their confidence in the legal process and refrained from commenting further on the ongoing litigation.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What\u2063 evidence has \u200dbeen presented \u2064in the lawsuits against Aylo regarding its role in facilitating sex trafficking and \u200dprofiting from exploitation?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  An investigation by\u200c the New York Times\u2064 exposed the\u2062 dark side of the Pornhub\u200b empire, revealing the\u200c presence of non-consensual and exploitative content \u200bon its platform, including videos depicting minors and victims of human trafficking. This led to increased \u200dscrutiny on Aylo and its parent \u200bcompany, MindGeek, as well as calls for accountability and justice for the \u200dvictims.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, several lawsuits have been filed against Aylo, \u200caccusing \u2064the company of facilitating sex trafficking and profiting from the exploitation of vulnerable individuals. The lawsuits allege that Aylo failed to\u2062 adequately vet the content uploaded to its platform, allowing illegal and harmful\u2062 videos to be freely distributed.<\/p>\n<p>The latest lawsuit, filed by the victims of GirlsDoPorn, sheds light on the extent of Aylo&#8217;s involvement in the sex trafficking industry. GirlsDoPorn was a notorious website that coerced young women\u2062 into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-democratic-candidate-susanna-gibson-slams-release-of-pornographic-videos-as-invasion-of-privacy\/\" title=\"Virginia Democratic candidate Susanna Gibson criticizes the release of explicit videos as a violation of privacy.\">performing explicit acts<\/a> on camera\u200b under false pretenses. The videos were then sold on Aylo&#8217;s platform, further perpetuating the exploitation and abuse of these victims.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit argues that Aylo&#8217;s complicity in the dissemination of these videos has \u2062had severe\u2063 and lasting consequences for the victims. Not only did they suffer physical and emotional trauma during the\u200c filming of the videos, but they also endured the\u2064 subsequent online harassment \u200cand humiliation as their \u2064videos went viral. \u200cAylo&#8217;s failure to promptly remove these videos from its platforms exacerbated the harm inflicted on these individuals, leading to irreparable damage to their\u2063 lives and well-being.<\/p>\n<p>It is \u200dclear\u2063 that Aylo&#8217;s negligence and lack of oversight have allowed for the proliferation of illegal and harmful content on its platform. The company has a responsibility to\u2063 ensure\u2064 the \u200dsafety and well-being of \u2064its users, and yet it has repeatedly failed to\u2062 take meaningful action to prevent the dissemination of sex trafficking material.<\/p>\n<p>The impact of Aylo&#8217;s actions extends beyond the \u200cvictims themselves. By perpetuating the demand for exploitative and \u2063non-consensual content, Aylo contributes to the perpetuation\u200b of the sex trafficking industry as a whole. \u200dThis\u200c makes it \u2064imperative for the legal \u200bsystem to \u2062hold the\u200b company accountable and seek justice for\u2062 the victims.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts are underway to hold Aylo accountable for its \u2063actions. The victims, supported by organizations \u2064such\u200b as Traffickinghub, are seeking compensation for the harm they have suffered, \u200cas\u200c well as \u2063systemic changes within the company\u200b to prevent further exploitation. They are also pressing for stricter regulations and stronger \u2064enforcement of laws against sex trafficking and online exploitation.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing lawsuits against Aylo \u200cand Pornhub highlight the urgent need for comprehensive \u200creform in the online pornography industry. It is crucial for companies like Aylo \u2064to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pornhub-hit-with-10th-sex-trafficking-lawsuit\/\" title=\"Pornhub faces its 10th sex trafficking lawsuit.\">implement strict content moderation policies<\/a>, \u2062remove illegal and harmful material promptly, and collaborate with law \u200denforcement agencies to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-anti-trafficking-office-had-incredible-impact\/\" title=\"Trump administration anti-trafficking office had \u2018incredible impact\u2019\">combat sex trafficking<\/a>. Only through these changes can we hope\u200d to protect vulnerable individuals and \u2062put an end to the rampant exploitation that persists in this industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aylo, the parent company of Pornhub, faces its tenth sex trafficking lawsuit since 2020. On Tuesday, 62 alleged victims filed in federal court, bringing the total number of people suing the online pornography giant, formerly known as MindGeek, to 257. The lawsuits accuse Aylo of sex trafficking, human trafficking, and racketeering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2056086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2056085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2056085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2056085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2056085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2056086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2056085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2056085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2056085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}