Pornhub Parent Company Acquired by Canadian Private-Equity Firm

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MindGeek, the embattled parent company of Pornhub, has a new owner. Ethical Capital Partners (ECP), a private-equity firm based on Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, announced that it has acquired MindGeek. …

on their respective platforms for violations of their policies.

“We are confident that the MindGeek team and all MindGeek platforms operate with trust and safety at the forefront of everything they do,” Sarah Bain, ECP founding partner, said in a statement. “We will be engaging with stakeholders, including content creators, governments and industry to address the misalignment between how MindGeek operates and what the public perceives about this industry and these platforms.

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Porn site with allegations of distribution of child p*rn acquired by venture capital firm names ethical capital. You can't make up a more Onion sounding lede if you tried.

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