{"id":702826,"date":"2021-08-31T10:36:19","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T14:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=702826"},"modified":"2021-08-31T10:36:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T14:36:25","slug":"how-a-media-pressure-campaign-got-porn-back-on-onlyfans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-a-media-pressure-campaign-got-porn-back-on-onlyfans\/","title":{"rendered":"How A Media Pressure Campaign Got Porn Back On OnlyFans"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fhow-a-media-pressure-campaign-got-porn-back-on-onlyfans%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=702826&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1230539956-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Though any kind of creator, from fitness gurus to chefs to makeup artists, can post content on OnlyFans, the U.K.-based video-sharing site is primarily known for its pornographic performers.<\/p>\n<p>Since its 2016 inception, OnlyFans has operated as a profit-sharing arrangement, taking 20% of everything content creators earn from subscriptions and paid chats. The company claims more than two million creators collectively earned $2 billion last year from 130 million \u201cfans.\u201d But a huge portion of that revenue came from adult content.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/08\/09\/onlyfans-stars-make-270-times-more-than-the-average-worker\/\">New York Post<\/a> recently reported, the site\u2019s top-ten highest-earning accounts make anywhere from $4 million to over $29 million annually, and all specialize in some kind of sexual content. Even some mainstream public figures have gotten in on the action. Former Disney Channel star Bella Thorne notoriously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bella-thorne-says-she-went-on-onlyfans-to-normalize-sex-work\">made<\/a> $1 million in one day off of the provocative videos she shared on the site.<\/p>\n<p>These are the kind of headlines that have reportedly kept mainstream investors away from the company despite a $1 billion valuation. As a recent data dive from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/onlyfans-investors-struggle-9cc92523-6607-40ad-9893-4175e7966b52.html\">Axios<\/a>&nbsp;highlighted, \u201cSome investors say they could get past the porn, but worry that the company\u2019s reputation would prevent it from attracting brand partners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That seemed to leave OnlyFans no choice but to boot the smut if it wanted to go mainstream.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From Adult Content to Mainstream<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On August 17, OnlyFans revealed plans to begin competing with its more respectable mainstream big brothers like Netflix and Prime with a new streaming platform and app called \u201cOFTV\u201d [OnlyFans Television].<\/p>\n<p>The platform released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/onlyfans-announces-the-launch-of-oftv-a-new-streaming-platform-and-app-301356960.html\">statement<\/a> promising its new video-on-demand service will \u201c[feature] free, original content by OnlyFans creators spanning a wide variety of genres including fitness, cooking, comedy, music, and more.\u201d The press release added, \u201cCreators are able to share both short- and long-form video content for their fans to watch from the convenience of their phones, tablets, and smart TVs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Missing from that description \u2014 any mention of anything that could be construed as NSFW.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the statement pointed up creator channels like, \u201cCheri Fit, Yoga with Taz, and Tennis Class with Adi.\u201d It also promoted its original content series, \u201cUnlocked,\u201d a reality series that will see host host Casey Boonstra interviewing creators while they partake in mini-adventures. \u201cViewers will receive a behind the scenes glimpse into each creator\u2019s daily life and get to know them on a personal level, while also taking them on an adventure that\u2019s totally new and unexpected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So it was likely no coincidence that on August 19, only two days after unveiling its new legitimate entertainment strategy, it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/onlyfans-to-ban-sexually-explicit-content-nudity-permitted-in-line-with-acceptable-use-policy\">announced<\/a> plans to change its user requirements to stop allowing porn.<\/p>\n<p>Amidst reports that it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/onlyfans-investors-struggle-9cc92523-6607-40ad-9893-4175e7966b52.html\">reportedly<\/a> struggling to find investment partners for these new ventures, OnlyFans said it would no longer allow sexually explicit \u201cconduct\u201d on its platform, though creators would still be allowed to post nudity, provided it adhered to the \u201cAcceptable Use <a href=\"https:\/\/onlyfans.com\/terms\">Policy<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement further said the changes were the result of requests from its \u201cbanking partners and payout providers.\u201d It provided no further specifics but continued, \u201c[OnlyFans] will be sharing more details in the coming days and we will actively support and guide our creators through this change in content guidelines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Except the details never came.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Circle Wagons for Porn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From the moment OnlyFans announced the porn ban, the media seemed determined to see it reversed, quickly rushing out stories characterizing the company\u2019s pivot away from porn as \u201cunfair\u201d and \u201ccruel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2021\/08\/onlyfans-porn-ban-cruel.html\">Slate<\/a>, for example, said, \u201cOnlyFans\u2019 decision to sell out porn creators fits neatly into a narrative of greed\u2026 what OnlyFans is doing is not just shameful, but fundamentally cruel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/onlyfans-turns-its-back-on-sex-workers-and-they-are-pissed\">Daily Beast<\/a> called the news \u201ccrushing\u201d and quoted a number of pro-porn sources, including one who said, \u201cThe decision to pull the rug out from millions of creators who have helped put OnlyFans on the map, many of whom left their full-time jobs to pivot to making content full-time, is a slap in the face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The article didn\u2019t include any content creators who approve of the ban on sexually explicit material, but did somehow manage to suggest that racism could have played a role in the company\u2019s shift.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen this before on Tumblr and Instagram, that a thin white woman\u2019s body is considered art,\u201d one person told the outlet, adding, \u201cbut a trans woman\u2019s body or a fuller-figured woman\u2019s body or a black woman\u2019s body are inherently sexual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Beast finished by arguing, \u201cIt truly is baffling why OnlyFans would discard the same creators who earned the site its prominence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, progressive writers like New Republic staff writer Melissa Gira Grant insisted the policy was never about raising capital and branching out in new directions, but about establishing a state religion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe campaign against OnlyFans is part of a larger project,\u201d Grant <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/melissagira\/status\/1429828800322445313?s=20\">tweeted<\/a>, \u201cit\u2019s not about ending violence and abuse, and it\u2019s not about sex negativity or controlling women (though that\u2019s part of it)\u2014it\u2019s about fighting to establish a fundamentalist Christian nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coverage from larger outlets like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/08\/19\/tech\/onlyfans-sexually-explicit-content-ban-intl-hnk\/index.html\">CNN<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/onlyfans-site-built-sex-will-ban-sexually-explicit-content-n1277222\">NBC<\/a>, subtly backed up these angles, focusing solely on the financial loss sexually explicit performers would suffer rather than findings that the site has reportedly been used as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-57255983\">hub<\/a> for child pornography and sex trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, OnlyFans\u2019 plan to become a broader streaming platform had been some time in the works. Yet, it took less than two weeks for the company to crumble under media pressure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OnlyFans Backs Down, Promises to Protect Porn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When the barrage of denouncements came, the company hurried out a post using the media\u2019s preferred term of \u201csex worker\u201d over \u201cporn star,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OnlyFans\/status\/1429117407340240902?s=20\">tweeting<\/a> on August 21, \u201cDear Sex Workers, The OnlyFans community would not be what it is today without you. The policy change was necessary to secure banking and payment services to support you. We are working around the clock to come up with solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the media beat went on. And four days later, a simple, abrupt tweet announced that the company had changed its mind. The porn would go on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to everyone for making your voices heard,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OnlyFans\/status\/1430499277302816773?s=20\">post<\/a> announcing the shift read. \u201cWe have secured assurances necessary to support our diverse creator community and have suspended the planned October 1 policy change. OnlyFans stands for inclusion and we will continue to provide a home for all creators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A top tier outlet like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/2021\/08\/28\/onlyfans-porn-ban-sex-work-internet\/\">The Washington Post<\/a> already has the respect of the establishment, so it was no risk to it to immediately run an essay applauding the decision and calling porn bans \u201cpuritanical\u201d and mocking them as \u201cborn-again virginity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By prioritizing media cheers over the safety of children and the common good, OnlyFans\u2019 hope to draw mainstream subscribers to their new family-friendly productions has probably gone with the wind.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>&nbsp;member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though any kind of creator, from fitness gurus to chefs to makeup artists, can post content on OnlyFans, the U.K.-based video-sharing site is primarily known for its pornographic performers.Since its &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-702826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702826","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=702826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}