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  • Victory for sex trafficking survivors as MindGeek’s Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Denied

    A class action against MindGeek, the owners of Pornhub, has moved forward after an Alabama judge allowed a class action of childhood sex trafficking to proceed against the porn giant. The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) spoke out on the decision, stating that the judge’s ruling allowing the class action lawsuit Doe #1 et al v. MG Freesites LTD […]

  • New rules for porn sites announced by Mastercard amid child abuse accusations

    Payment giant Mastercard has announced that it will require banks to certify that sellers of adult material online have tools in place to monitor, block and remove illegal content. In December 2020, both Visa and Mastercard stated they will stop processing payments on Pornhub. Mastercard stated it will end support for Pornhub after confirming the […]

  • Pornhub’s ‘criminal’ practices outlined at congressional briefing

    The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCSE) has hosted a briefing with a range of both sex trafficking advocates and survivors, detailed to U.S. Congress how Pornhub is “a corporation built on the monetization of sexual abuse and exploitation, profiting from rape and child sexual abuse, ignoring victims and survivors”. On April 8th, a Congressional […]

  • Canadian Parliamentary Committee Grills Pornhub Execs

    Executives of MindGeek, the company which owns and runs Pornhub, were forced to testify before a Canadian ethics committee over charges that the website has profited from sex trafficking as well as the rape of minors. Pornhub/MindGeek execs had to testify publicly for the first time for a Canadian parliamentary committee as part of Canada’s […]

  • A Survivor of Teen Porn Trafficking Speaks Out on Pornhub

    I was trafficked in porn a few decades ago, long before anyone heard the term sex trafficking. Everyone thought that the porn life was the Playboy mansion and that the prostitution life was Pretty Woman. I had no grid for the possibility that my trafficking was not my fault even though I was 11-17, underage […]

  • As New York Times Article Exposes Pornhub, Christian Group Responds

    A Christian group has responded after Pulitzer Prize-Winning New York Times Journalist Nicholas Kristof published an Op-Ed exposing Pornhub. Exodus Cry, an organization focused on abolishing sex trafficking and breaking the cycle of commercial sexual exploitation while assisting and empowering its victims, spoke out on the powerful piece by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nicholas Kristof, who […]

  • Thailand government officially shuts down Pornhub

    Thailand’s government has officially banned porn sharing site Pornhub after they said that the website violates the country’s Computer Crimes Act. Dubbed the Youtube of pornography, where users can upload their own content, Thailand’s digital minister, Puttipong Punnakanta, made the announcement that Pornhub had been blocked for violating the country’s Computer Crimes Act of 2007. […]

  • Over 2 million sign petition to shut down Pornhub

    The calls to shut down the ‘Youtube’ of porn – Pornhub – are getting louder, with more than 2 million people signing a petition demanding it be removed. In the last few months, there have been several shocking cases of sex trafficking and child rape films that were hosted on Pornhub. A 15-year-old girl who […]

  • Petition to shut down Pornhub for alleged sex trafficking videos hits 1 million

    A petition that has been in place to shut down the porn sharing site, Pornhub, has now reached over 1 million signatures. RELATEDIt’s a sick world: Pornhub offers free premium subscription in Europe The petition claims that in the last few months, there have been several shocking cases of sex trafficking and child rape films […]

  • It’s a sick world: Pornhub offers free premium subscription in Europe

    Talk about a perverse response. Talk about the exact opposite of what we need to be doing during a pandemic. Talk about feeding the flesh when we should be nurturing our spirits. Talk about giving ourselves to carnality when we should crying out for mercy. As things stand today, normal life has been totally upended. […]

  • After Pornhub petition, US senator calls for investigation

    U.S. Senator Ben Sasse, the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, has written to U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr, calling for a federal investigation into Pornhub and its owner MindGeek for their involvement in streaming videos of raped and exploited women and children. RELATEDUnited Airlines starts training flight attendants on dealing with passenger […]

  • Petition launched to close major porn site for ‘aiding trafficking’

    A petition that has been launched to close a major porn site has had close to 214,000 signatures. The petition claims that in the last few months, there have been several shocking cases of sex trafficking and child rape films that were hosted on Pornhub. A 15-year-old girl who had been missing for a year […]