Pornhub removes Girls Do Porn, drawing the line at sex trafficking charges

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However, the videos were later distributed publicly via sites including Pornhub according to US Attorneys. Last year, The New York Times exposed Pornhub as a platform for monetized rape, child trafficking sexual abuse, and other forms of nonconsensual image-based abuse. Garcia’s sentencing is a groundbreaking moment in the fight against sex trafficking, but it’s not a sufficient end to the story. His victims have tasted justice, but they are not done yet with retribution. Fifty GirlsDoPorn victims are now suing Pornhub, demanding more than $100 million in damages for their pain and suffering.

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This unique program gives you access to incredible in-depth teachings, frequently updated hot topic videos, and a community of supportive like-minded men around the world. Finally, the porn industry and its agents, in this case porn websites, are being seen and exposed as the predators they are. And they must be held accountable, stopped from profiting off the exploitation of the vulnerable, who are often underage teens. Sunday evening, Pornhub scrubbed millions of videos, an estimated 60% of their content, from their platform.

What was it like for you personally to hear all these heartbreaking stories from victims?

• There is little or no thought of how a young woman feels in that situation—and worse, to consumers, it is more exciting because of how tricked, betrayed, and violated she feels afterward.
• Yet Mickelwait neither acknowledges the wider movement nor provides any of the historical context.
• The owner and three employees of Girls Do Porn, the porn company accused of lying to and coercing women into shooting content for them, were arrested and charged with sex trafficking on Thursday.
• Douglas Wiederhold is the latest defendant to plead guilty in the criminal cases against the website’s owners and operators, whom prosecutors say engaged in a years-long sex trafficking conspiracy in which women were coerced and tricked into appearing in pornographic videos under false pretenses.

The ruling is part of a restitution order against one of the leaders, performer Ruben Andre Garcia, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison earlier this year after pleading guilty to sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion. Michael James Pratt, identified by law enforcement as “the ringleader,” remains at large, but his trial is set to begin in June 2022. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information that leads to his arrest. NEW YORK — The owner of Pornhub, one of the world’s largest adult content websites, has admitted to profiting from sex trafficking and agreed to make payments to women whose videos were posted without their consent, federal prosecutors in New York announced Thursday. Douglas Wiederhold is the latest defendant to plead guilty in the criminal cases against the website’s owners and operators, whom prosecutors say engaged in a years-long sex trafficking conspiracy in which women were coerced and tricked into appearing in pornographic videos under false pretenses. In December of 2020, 40 victims filed a lawsuit against MindGeek for a litany of accusations, including knowingly benefiting from Girls Do Porn videos on Pornhub and failing to moderate the images circulating rampantly on its network of tube sites.

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• It’s time to finally hold Pornhub and its owners accountable to the full extent of the law and to enact policies to prevent this kind of abuse in the future.
• Simply searching for a term such as “girls do porn” on a website is not illegal and generally does not constitute criminal activity.
• Aylo said GirlsDoPorn provided the company with written consent forms purportedly signed by the women but that it was unaware the forms were obtained through fraud and coercion.
• Althaus is one of dozens of victims who have brought similar allegations against GirlsDoPorn and websites like Pornhub that promoted the since-closed website’s content, “generated millions of dollars in revenue,” the lawsuit states.
• There may be porn scenes and even whole films done with adults who, for the most part, consent.

They also allegedly promoted the video by referring to Althaus as “Miss Teen Colorado” in the video. Others detailed how they had lost jobs, been evicted, and were estranged from friends and family. That suit caught the attention of prosecutors when it went to trial in 2019, touching off the criminal investigation. Pornhub, Aylo, and Ethical Capital Partners are aggressively fighting these lawsuits, some of which are nearly four years old.

In minutes, I was able to find unverified homemade videos that have been on the site for years of women yelling at their abusers to stop, crying out “it hurts!” and “turn the camera off.” There is no doubt that Pornhub is still a trafficking hub. It’s time to force it, at a minimum, to delete every unverified video on the site. Since 2020, nearly 300 victims have sued Pornhub in 25 lawsuits for its knowing distribution and monetization of rape and trafficking. These lawsuits include multiple class actions representing tens of thousands of child victims, and the U.S. federal government has criminally charged Pornhub for knowingly profiting from sex trafficking.

Pratt was arrested in Spain last year after spending years on the run from law enforcement. “Plaintiff fears for her life and safety, as well as the lives and safety of people close to her,” the complaint continues. We may earn a commission when you buy through links on our sites.©2024 GIZMODO USA LLC. Pratt was arrested in Spain last year after spending years on the run from law enforcement. Althaus reportedly lost her Miss Teen Colorado runner-up crown after the video surfaced.

There’s 26 lawsuits currently, on behalf of victims across the U.S., Canada and the U.K., multiple class-action lawsuits on behalf of tens of thousands of child victims, and so we’re in this process of trying to fight for justice and accountability. In the article, Kristoff notes child pornography and nonconsensual porn videos aren’t unique to Pornhub, or even porn sites. But the direct links between Pornhub and the way the company profits off these videos — and, as Kristoff argues, attracts pedophiles as customers — is worrying.