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PETITTION ACCUSING PORNHUB OF PROFITING FROM RAPE AND ABUSE VIDEOS REACHES 380,000 SIGNATURES. The adult entertainment platform has faced accusations that abusive videos are widely uploaded
March 9, 2020
Ellie Fry
sextortionIndependent
An online petition accusing Pornhub of profiting from videos of rape and abuse has reached over over 388,000 signatures.
The petition, founded by US anti-trafficking organisation Exodus Cry, accuses the porn site of facilitating human trafficking through insufficient safeguarding checks on videos, many of which are uploaded by users.
It reads: “Pornhub is generating millions in advertising and membership revenue with 42 billion visits and 6 million videos uploaded per year.
“Yet it has no system in place to verify reliably the age or consent of those featured in the pornographic content it hosts and profits