The Times offered reports - some first-hand - of graphic exploitation. “This means every piece of Pornhub content is from verified uploaders,” it writes, “a requirement that platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat and Twitter have yet to institute.” The service noted in a statement that the new model is arguably the strictest instituted by a content platform.
Suspended content will be subject to review by Pornhub early next year.
Now, as noted by Motherboard, the service has suspended all videos for the site not uploaded by existing partners or members of its Model program. Pornhub announced last week that it would be limiting uploads to only verified users. The move, which the Canadian-born site calls “the most comprehensive safeguards in user-generated platform history,” arrives in the wake of a New York Times opinion piece that stated the “site is infested with rape videos.” Adult video giant Pornhub this week announced that it has taken the unprecedented step of removing millions of user-uploaded videos.
