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PORNHUB got sued yesterday

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Post by monsta » June 18th, 2021, 9:24 am

Mindgeek is not having a good year, they got sued yesterday by more than 30 women.


"Tim Fitzsimons and David K. Li
Thu, June 17, 2021, 9:14 PM

More than 30 women sued Pornhub on Thursday, accusing it of violating federal sex trafficking laws, distributing child pornography, racketeering and other crimes.

The suit alleges that Pornhub's parent company, MindGeek — and its constellation of porn brands — is a criminal enterprise that purchases, launders and uploads illegal content often obtained through human trafficking and sexual assault.

The women say in their suit that MindGeek used nonconsensual content to "become the dominant online pornography company in the world."

The women were victims of sexual exploitation, rape and trafficking, and they were "victimized first by their original abuser, and then repeatedly by the defendants in this case," the suit alleges.

Serena Fleites and more than 30 Jane Does allege in the suit that they were victimized by unauthorized videos uploaded and disseminated by Pornhub.

Pornhub denied the allegations, calling them absurd and reckless.

"Pornhub has zero tolerance for illegal content and investigates any complaint or allegation made about content on our platforms," it said in a statement. "The allegations in today's complaint that Pornhub is a criminal enterprise that traffics women and is run like 'The Sopranos' are utterly absurd, completely reckless and categorically false."

It said its website has "the most comprehensive safeguards in user-generated platform history, which include the banning of uploads from unverified users, expanding our moderation processes, and cooperating with dozens of non-profit organizations around the world."

Fleites testified before Canada's House of Commons this year about her experience.

"I'm one of the people who ended up homeless, ended up dropping out of school, ended up on drugs, completely detached from my family. I ended up trying to kill myself many times. I ended up in mental hospitals," she said then.

Pornhub, facing bans by Visa and Mastercard, suspended all videos from nonverified users on the website in December, saying its requirement that all content be uploaded by verified users was a step "that platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat and Twitter have yet to institute."

Mastercard's investigation resulted in a ban on processing payments for MindGeek. Visa, which is named as a defendant and is accused of knowingly profiting from the trafficking alleged in Thursday's suit, resumed processing some transactions.

A spokesperson for Visa did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday evening."


https://www.yahoo.com/news/dozens-women ... 49477.html




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#2

Post by notty » June 18th, 2021, 11:15 am

Let the lawyers make money




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Post by bill » June 18th, 2021, 12:12 pm

if the allegations are true, then the lawsuit is long overdue

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Post by HeidiHoe » June 18th, 2021, 8:21 pm

The only thing that I find surprising is that it took this long to blow up in their faces. They took a calculated risk and made a boat load of money. Now it's time to deal with the fall-out. I'm assuming the money is safely sheltered somewhere. Surely they seen this coming.
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Post by DeSexGuide » June 19th, 2021, 6:46 am

HeidiHoe wrote:
June 18th, 2021, 8:21 pm
The only thing that I find surprising is that it took this long to blow up in their faces. They took a calculated risk and made a boat load of money. Now it's time to deal with the fall-out. I'm assuming the money is safely sheltered somewhere. Surely they seen this coming.
Mindgeek is not the biggest porn company by not thinking a few steps a head.




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Post by BarbaraCum » June 19th, 2021, 7:12 pm

All this time I was under the impression they are the big cat in adult




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Post by BrasSmonkey » June 20th, 2021, 12:00 am

case closed if they can prove they have a public upload and they answered dcma request. :) ;)




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Post by TheButcher » June 20th, 2021, 5:59 pm

Is anyone surprised by this news, not me.

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Post by Jag » June 21st, 2021, 7:07 am

2021 has not been god for PH, there has been some bad news for them.
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Post by AlexO » June 23rd, 2021, 9:17 am

Getting sued is easy wait to see who is right and who is wrong.
Give me celebrity porn :twisted:

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Post by cimage » June 27th, 2021, 10:03 am

Jag wrote:
June 21st, 2021, 7:07 am
2021 has not been god for PH, there has been some bad news for them.
100% not their best year in business
Stop looking for reps if they don't care why waste your time and traffic at their program, fuck that.
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Post by workman » June 28th, 2021, 8:55 am

They are still #1 so who cares people want their site




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Post by BrasSmonkey » June 28th, 2021, 11:29 am

workman wrote:
June 28th, 2021, 8:55 am
They are still #1 so who cares people want their site
they bought up a ton of sponsors.




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Post by pussylover » July 1st, 2021, 8:54 am

You would hope they have saved enough money over time to defend the company in times like this.




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Post by Cumslut » July 3rd, 2021, 9:19 am

One of the smart moves Mindgeek (or their former owners) did was have a few large tubes, if one goes down they have more online.




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