Tech Pornhub Sued by 40 Sex Trafficking Victims

[Super Kami Guru]

Pornhub sued by 40 Girls Do Porn sex trafficking victims

Victims allege that Pornhub's parent company Mindgeek knew of the allegations but ignored them.

www.bbc.com

Follow-up to this thread: https://dragonballforums.com/thread...-pornhub-has-removed-most-of-its-videos.1336/

In a follow-up to the thread about Pornhub removing most of their content, it has now come to light that 40 victims of a sex trafficking ring circling around the company Girls Do Porn (...original name there...), which alleges that PornHub and the company that owns them, MindGeek, was aware of allegations against the company Girls Do Porn, several members of which have been charged in the US, and yet continued a partnership with them anyway. Each of the victims, labeled only as Jane Does 1-40, is seeking more than $1m each.

Per the BBC:

The women were all victims of Girls Do Porn, whose owners have been charged with offences by US officials.
The victims allege that Pornhub and its parent company MindGeek knew of the allegations against the company, but continued a partnership anyway.
It comes as Pornhub finds itself cut off from customer payments amid a scandal over illegal content.
Payment providers Mastercard and Visa have cut ties with the site after a New York Times investigation accused it of hosting child abuse and rape-related content.
The NYT exposé follows a BBC investigation which exposed the repeated uploading of a child rape to the site and the impact it has had on the victim's life.
The move has left the site - one of the world's most popular - with cryptocurrency options like Bitcoin as the only way to pay for subscriptions.
What is the court case about?
The 40 women - of all whom are referred to by the pseudonym Jane Doe and a number - are demanding a jury trial and seeking more than $1m (£739,000) each.
Details of the suit are contained in a legal filing first reported by Vice.
Girls Do Porn was a part of MindGeek's partner programmes until October 2019, when the US Department of Justice effectively shut the porn producer down by arresting and charging its senior staff.
Pornhub and other MindGeek sites removed the Girls Do Porn channel as soon as the charges were made - but the complaint alleges that "at this point, there was no longer a company left for MindGeek to partner with".

The continuation of the beginning of the end of PornHub? Doubtful, too big of an industry, and too big of a site for it to collapse from this, but it's another step towards hopefully regulating this industry.

 

[India Actual]

They're going to be facing some huge litigation and even if they decide to settle out of court it's going to cost millions per victim. Not looking good for them.

 

[Super Kami Guru]

They're going to be facing some huge litigation and even if they decide to settle out of court it's going to cost millions per victim. Not looking good for them.

In all seriousness, though, it does seem like it's going to set them back a bit, and with them losing Visa and Mastercard as payment processors, it will be difficult for them to regain their...err...glory....but I imagine it'll happen. Porn is, sadly, too large of an industry to fail.

 

[Beerus]

Bitcoin got a spike from this. I didn't know they accepted bitcoins on there.

 

[Super Kami Guru]

Bitcoin got a spike from this. I didn't know they accepted bitcoins on there.

That's both informative and sad all in one go...people so desperate for their porn they'd spend bitcoins on it...