Author says Pornhub has hundreds of lawsuits over abuse videos

Despite efforts to maintain the platform’s regularity, PornHub is still full of illegal videos. In her book “Takedown,” activist Laila Mickelwait writes about hundreds of lawsuits against the platform aimed at removing abusive content. Information taken from: Business Content.

Since 2020, PornHub is stricter about videos posted on the platformAmong its rules, the platform has begun requiring users who post or participate in videos to present official identification documents.

After this, The platform deleted 80% of the content hosted on the siteretaining only those who meet the new service criteria.

TAKEDOWN reveals the never-before-told inside story of how P*rnhub was exposed for enabling and profiting from countless videos of child rape and trafficking. But the fight is not over! The victims deserve justice.

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—Laila Mickelwait (@LailaMickelwait) July 9, 2024

But, This only happened after the media exposed some irregularities on the site.As a result, major financial institutions, including Mastercard and Visa, have suspended the site’s payment processing.

The measure apparently wasn’t enough to “clean up” the service. According to the Takedown book, there are now nearly 300 plaintiffs seeking the removal of videos of them recording abuse, and more complaints are coming out every day.

Right now, Pornhub gets around 100 million visits per day According to the website’s statistics, around 36 billion per year.

The behind-the-scenes fight to end Pornhub

Mickelwait, author of the book and founder of the Justice Defense Fund,Advocates for the end of Pornhub in “Traffickinghub” campaignThe initiative currently has over 2.3 million signatures.

In the book, which will be published next Tuesday (23), Michelwait recounts the entire process of investigating and exposing irregularities at Pornhub. His story begins with the reporting of videos of rape, harassment and other crimes on the website in 2020.

A The activist says he has already reported hundreds of videos to the authorities and organizations combating human trafficking.

“It’s very important to provide justice to these victims but also to act as a deterrent to future abusers,” Mickelwait said. Business Content“Pornhub is a crime scene that needs to be taken down and its owners held accountable,” he continued.

Pornhub and its owner Aylo accused of profiting from streaming illegal videosThere have been legal proceedings going on for about 4 years.

The platform is currently fighting to overturn legislation in 19 states in the United States that would require a majority to submit official documents for approval. In protest of the restrictions, the site has blocked access to IP addresses from those regions.