{"id":2160395,"date":"2024-01-26T16:03:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T21:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pornhub-implements-new-policy-requiring-proof-of-consent-and-age-after-hundreds-of-lawsuits-accuse-site-of-child-sex-abuse\/"},"modified":"2024-01-26T16:07:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T21:07:08","slug":"pornhub-implements-new-policy-requiring-proof-of-consent-and-age-after-hundreds-of-lawsuits-accuse-site-of-child-sex-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pornhub-implements-new-policy-requiring-proof-of-consent-and-age-after-hundreds-of-lawsuits-accuse-site-of-child-sex-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Pornhub now requires proof of consent and age following numerous lawsuits alleging child sex abuse"},"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\">30<\/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-implements-new-policy-requiring-proof-of-consent-and-age-after-hundreds-of-lawsuits-accuse-site-of-child-sex-abuse%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=2160395&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Ethan Miller\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s Brooke Mallory<\/h2>\n<h3>12:03 PM \u2013 Friday, January 26, 2024<\/h3>\n<p>After years of legal battles accusing Pornhub of profiting\u2062 from explicit videos involving \u2062minors and\u2062 sexual abuse, the website will now require age and consent verification for all individuals featured \u2063in uploaded content.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Pornhub and its parent company, Aylo, have faced numerous allegations of \u2062profiting from\u200c videos without clear consent and failing to verify the ages of participants.<\/p>\n<p>An\u200c email obtained by 404 Media states\u2062 that Pornhub will now require &#8220;verification of the age and consent of \u2064every person&#8221; appearing in uploaded videos,\u2062 effective as of Tuesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;On\u2062 January 23, 2024, in addition to providing approved\u200c Co-Performer IDs, we will also require proof of consent, such as Signed Release Forms,\u2063 when\u2063 a new Co-Performer is added onto a Model \u200baccount,&#8221; \u200cthe email stated. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The goal, according to Pornhub, is to create a safer platform for content creators and users.<\/p>\n<p>However, Laila Mickelwait,\u200d founder of Traffickinghub, expressed skepticism in a video posted on Twitter, stating that Pornhub&#8217;s rule update\u200c is not worthy of praise. Mickelwait believes that the \u200closs of \u2063business partners and ongoing lawsuits are \u200bthe real reasons behind the change.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HUGE BREAKTHROUGH:<br \/>Today something is happening that\u200c we have been demanding for the last 4 years.\u200c <\/p>\n<p>P*rnhub has finally been forced to begin verifying the age and consent of all \u200cindividuals in all new sex\u2063 videos uploaded to the site. <\/p>\n<p>But we\u2019re not done yet!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Traffickinghub?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Traffickinghub<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9T9TrduPXv\">pic.twitter.com\/9T9TrduPXv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Laila Mickelwait (@LailaMickelwait) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LailaMickelwait\/status\/1749916630153417041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;Even \u200cto this day, the site is still\u2063 full of videos\u200c that are unverified,&#8221; Mickelwait said. &#8220;Because this change takes place \u2062from \u2062today, going forward. However, it \u2064isn&#8217;t being enacted retroactively, meaning all of the videos that have been uploaded to the site previously that were not verified\u200c for age or consent are remaining on the site.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mickelwait demanded that all videos without confirmed age or consent be taken down. She also raised concerns about the possibility of illicit content being\u200d stored \u200bon Pornhub&#8217;s\u200c platform.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;But even if they do all of this, it&#8217;s too little, \u200band it&#8217;s too\u2062 late,&#8221; Mickelwait\u2064 asserted. &#8220;Because they have spent 17 years globally distributing,\u200b profiting from, and shattering the lives\u2064 of countless victims across the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mickelwait emphasized the need to hold \u2062Pornhub accountable \u2063and called for the complete\u200b shutdown of the website, despite the recent changes.<\/p>\n<p>After a \u2062New York Times report in December 2020 exposed Pornhub&#8217;s involvement in\u200c child \u2064sex abuse content, the website faced significant backlash. Pornhub removed millions of videos, including 118 verified cases of child sex abuse, and implemented new guidelines.\u2062 Aylo, the\u2064 parent company of Pornhub,\u2064 admitted in federal\u200b court to profiting from sex trafficking\u2064 and agreed \u200dto surveillance, financial penalties, and compensation \u2064for victims.<\/p>\n<p>Aylo faced \u200ccharges \u2063related to hosting\u200c pornographic videos and engaging in unlawful transactions \u200bwith other websites involved in sex trafficking. \u200bThese websites were subsequently taken down.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, women who had \u200cbeen deceived into recording videos for GirlsDoPorn and GirlsDoToys, which were then uploaded \u200dto Pornhub without their consent, filed a\u200d civil action. Prosecutors argued that \u200bAylo should have known that the participants in these videos, including teenagers and \u200cminors, did \u200cnot give their consent. Aylo terminated its partnership \u2064with GirlsDoPorn in 2019 and removed \u2064the problematic content in December 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-addresses-terrorist-attacks-in-israel\/\" title=\"Biden speaks on Israel's terrorist attacks.\">receive\u200c breaking news directly<\/a> to your inbox for free. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>In the second part \u200bof an exclusive interview, Representative Andy Biggs talks about the meetings Georgia attorney Nathan Wade had \u2064with the January 6th Committee\u200c and the White House while working on an indictment of President \u2063Trump for Fulton County District \u2062Attorney Fani Willis.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>CEO Of\u200d Openthebooks.Com\u2064 Adam Andrzejewski tells One America News\u200c that the cost of illegal immigration at the Southern Border \u2063has hit a record of at least $20 billion\u2062 in just the\u2064 last two years.\u2064 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Recent surveys show many Americans are unaware of the fact of the Holocaust as anti-Semitic speech and Jew hatred are on the rise. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Misti Allison<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Intel\u00a0slumped more than 12% on Friday following a bleak first-quarter revenue outlook<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Microsoft\u00a0will let go of 1,900 employees at Activision Blizzard and Xbox this week.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Tesla\u00a0tumbled nearly 11% on Thursday after CEO Elon Musk warned sales growth would slow this year despite price cuts.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Tesla\u00a0has told suppliers it wants to \u200cstart production of a new \u2064mass \u200cmarket electric \u2062vehicle\u200d codenamed \u2064&#8221;Redwood.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> \u200cHow\u200b does Pornhub&#8217;s new policy of requiring\u200d age and consent verification aim to create \u2064a safer platform?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2064After years of legal\u200c battles and facing\u2063 numerous \u2064allegations,\u2063 Pornhub, a\u2063 popular adult \u200ccontent website, has\u200c announced that it will \u200dnow\u2064 require age and consent verification for all individuals\u200d featured \u2063in\u2062 uploaded content. The aim of this new policy is to create a safer platform\u2062 for both content creators and \u200cusers.<\/p>\n<p>For a long time,\u200c Pornhub and \u2063its parent \u200dcompany, Aylo, have been accused of profiting from videos without clear consent and failing \u2062to\u200d verify\u2062 the ages of participants.\u2062 These \u200caccusations have \u2063been a cause for concern, especially\u200d in cases where explicit videos involving minors \u200band \u200dsexual abuse were being\u2064 circulated on \u200dthe website.<\/p>\n<p>An email obtained by 404 Media \u2063revealed that\u200d Pornhub will now require &#8220;verification of the age and consent of every \u2062person&#8221; appearing \u200din uploaded videos, effective as of Tuesday. This means that individuals featured\u200b in \u2062videos\u2064 will need to provide proof \u200dof consent, such as signed\u200b release forms, in addition to\u2064 Co-Performer IDs. By \u2062implementing these\u200d verification measures,\u200d Pornhub hopes\u2062 to address the concerns \u200draised against it and ensure that the content on its platform\u200d is legal and consensual.<\/p>\n<p>However, not everyone is convinced \u2064that these\u2064 changes are genuine.\u2064 Laila Mickelwait, the founder of Traffickinghub, expressed skepticism in a \u2064video posted \u200bon Twitter. \u2063Mickelwait believes \u200dthat the loss\u2062 of business partners\u2063 and ongoing \u2064lawsuits are the real reasons behind the change, rather than a genuine commitment to creating a safer platform.<\/p>\n<p>She\u200b also raised\u200d concerns about the fact that \u2063the new policy will not be applied retroactively. This means that all the videos uploaded to the site prior to this change, which were not verified\u200b for age\u200d or consent, will remain \u200con the site. Mickelwait\u200d demanded that \u2062all such videos \u2062be taken down and emphasized the \u200dneed\u2063 for Pornhub \u2064to \u2064be held accountable\u2064 for its actions.<\/p>\n<p>It \u2064is important to note that this is not the first \u200ctime Pornhub has faced backlash. In December 2020, a New York Times\u200b report exposed the website&#8217;s involvement in\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamilton-democrats-parrot-national-review-article-favoring-judge-ketanji-brown-jacksons-leniency-on-child-porn-offenders\/\" title=\"Hamilton: Democrats Parrot National Review Article Favoring Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson\u2019s Leniency on Child Porn Offenders\">child sex abuse content<\/a>. Following\u2064 the report, \u200cPornhub\u2064 removed millions of videos, including 118 verified \u200bcases of child sex abuse, \u200cand implemented\u2064 new guidelines.\u200b Aylo, the parent company of Pornhub, admitted in\u200c federal court to profiting from sex trafficking\u200d and \u200dagreed to financial penalties and compensation\u2064 for victims.<\/p>\n<p>Aylo also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-convicted-eco-saboteur-disputes-biden-land-management-nominees-characterization-of-their-relationship\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Convicted Eco-Saboteur Disputes Biden Land Management Nominee\u2019s Characterization Of Their Relationship\">faced charges related<\/a> to hosting pornographic videos and engaging in unlawful transactions \u2062with \u200bother websites involved in sex trafficking, resulting \u200bin those websites being taken down.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200b addition,\u200c a civil action was\u2063 filed in 2017 by women \u2062who had been deceived into recording \u2063videos for GirlsDoPorn and\u2064 GirlsDoToys, which\u2062 were\u200b then uploaded to Pornhub without \u2063their consent. \u2062Prosecutors argued that Aylo should have \u200bknown that\u200d the participants \u2064in these videos, including teenagers and minors, did not give\u200c their \u2062consent. \u2063Aylo terminated its partnership \u2063with GirlsDoPorn in 2019 and removed the videos from \u2063its platform.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these recent changes and\u200b actions taken by Pornhub, Mickelwait&#8217;s \u200dorganization, Traffickinghub, continues \u200cto call for the complete shutdown\u200d of\u2064 the website. According to Mickelwait, the harm caused by Pornhub over \u2063the\u2064 years\u2064 cannot\u2064 be undone \u200cby these developments and the website should be held accountable for its \u200dhistory of distribution and profiting\u200d from explicit \u200ccontent.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the recent announcement by \u2063Pornhub regarding age \u200cand consent verification is\u2062 a step\u200b in the\u200d right direction\u2062 towards creating a \u2062safer online environment. However, \u2062it remains to\u200c be seen whether these changes are\u2063 genuinely motivated by a commitment to ensuring legal \u200cand consensual content, or\u2063 if they are simply a response to\u200b external pressures and legal challenges faced by the company.\u2063 The ongoing discussions surrounding accountability and the \u200bimpact of \u200dexplicit \u2063content platforms\u2062 on \u200bindividuals involved require further attention and action from both Pornhub and the\u200b wider industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pornhub, facing legal battles over allegations of profiting from explicit content involving minors, will now verify the age and consent of participants in uploaded sex videos. 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