Summary
An investigator reported 26 OnlyFans accounts suspected of hosting child sexual abuse material (CSAM), leading to their removal within a day.
The accounts reportedly featured underage-looking individuals or content suggesting child exploitation.
OnlyFans claimed to verify creators’ ages through strict processes but faced criticism for profiting from imagery that mimics underage characteristics, which experts say normalizes pedophilia.
Despite content moderation claims, Reuters found additional concerning profiles, with 49 removed after inquiries.
Critics argue the platform must address coordination between accounts and better enforce protections against potential exploitation.
26 accounts out of how many thousands? And they aren’t even claiming that most of them were really underage?
Sounds like the verification system is working pretty well to me.
And OF literally took all of the reported accounts down as soon as they were reported. They’re being incredibly compliant. And even though all of the accounts had proper paperwork, they took down 49 accounts that were just using vaguely childlike actions for views when Reuters reported them.
How do you dump on a company that’s being that responsible?
I honestly think this is more about people who don’t want porn on the internet at all. And hate OnlyFans simply because it’s primarily a porn site.
I might dunk on them by pointing out that they caved and took away 49 women’s livelihoods (or side gigs). If the women prove they are 18, that should be the end of it.
They are being very responsible, but also it’s not illegal to look young. In fact, I’d say maybe 50% of 18 year olds ought to look underage on their birthday. I don’t know if that’s actually how it works but I’m assuming on average half of us look younger than we are and half of us look older. At least at 18.
Definitely. The puritan uprising is happening all over the internet, and I hate it with a passion. People need to mind their own business and just click away if they see something they don’t like.
Sort of. I think it’s worth fighting back against child sex trafficking if you notice it online (instead of just ignoring it).
Nobody ignored it in this story though, they responded to reports and apparently most of the accounts weren’t actually involving underage persons.
It’s the same with modern Pornhub. The site used to be owned by a very unscrupulous group when it started but it got bought out by a company that has done everything they can to make it a stand up porn site. Yet every puritanical douche bag wants it shut down and they use the actions of the original owners as their “proof” of how bad the sure is even though it has been under new and better management for almost a decade.