Done with good intentions…
Pornhub has removed all non-verified videos from its website, the move being in response to the countless allegations against them for hosting images of child abuse. Essentially, the site works like YouTube where anyone can post and upload to it (but with very different content to YouTube). Thus, this has led to unverified accounts and such posting illegal content that the site is now trying to get a hold on.
Posting a lengthy statement to its site, Pornhub wrote “As part of our policy to ban unverified uploaders, we have now also suspended all previously uploaded content that was not created by content partners or members of the Model Program.
“This means every piece of Pornhub content is from verified uploaders, a requirement that platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat and Twitter have yet to institute. Leading non-profit organisations and advocacy groups acknowledge our efforts to date at combating illegal content have been effective.
“Over the last three years, Facebook self-reported 84 million instances of child sexual abuse material. During that same period, the independent, third-party Internet Watch Foundation reported 118 incidents on Pornhub. That is still 118 too many, which is why we are committed to taking every necessary action.”
Although the company hasn’t revealed how many videos they’ve removed, it’s reported that the total videos have gone from approximately 13.5 million to 4.7 million as of yesterday morning.
This is definitely a move that’ll shake things up, but you can’t blame them, especially given that last week saw Mastercard and Visa announcing that they would block customers from using their cards on Pornhub, following accusations from the New York Times that the site is ‘infested’ with illegal content.
Pretty intense, check out their full statement below.
