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OnlyFans — the creator platform that made a name for itself by allowing users to make money from adult content — has announced it is now banning sexually explicit material. Some users and industry watchers say it's just the latest casualty in the war against adult content in online spaces.

revealed the massively popular website hosted child sexual exploitation material . Pornhub has since required all users to go through an age verification process, and said it removed all videos previously uploaded by non-verified users.Company behind PornHub sued by victims of sexual abuseDozens of women are suing the Montreal company behind Pornhub, one of the most visited websites in the world.

That's especially true during a pandemic, she said, when job losses mean many more people have turned to pornography production and online sex work. Switching to another platform isn't a tenable solution either, Winter said, because as soon as a significant number of creators switch and inevitably build up that site, bringing with them more customers, that brand recognition is likely to force the site to shut down, she said. Or, as OnlyFans has done, ban adult content creators and sex workers in favour of less risky clientele.

Toronto-based adult content creator Gwen Adora depends on OnlyFans as a significant part of her income. She said she's seen people defending the validity of sex work in response to the ban, but that it's come too late.

 

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