The situation in which Pornhub, the famous adult site, continues to worsen month after month. In effect, the official Instagram account of the platformwhich had 13 million subscribers for more than 6,000 publications, has just close its doors, by decision of the social network.
Nevertheless and at the time of writing these lines, Meta, the parent company of Instagram, has not yet made official statement on the subject. In fact, it is impossible to know why the Pornhub account was closed. However, several screenshots posted by anti-Pornhub activist Laila Mickelwait do suggest that the account was deleted for violating the social network’s terms of service.
Note that Laila Mickelwait is the founder of the “TraffickingHub” campaign. This is an advocacy group whose goal is to achieve “to shut down Pornhub and hold its executives accountable for enabling, distributing and profiting from rape, child abuse, sex trafficking and sexual abuse based on criminal imagery.”
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Pornhub still threatened with blocking in France
Remember that for several years now, these criticisms of Pornhub for having contributed to the distribution of pedophile or rape videos have multiplied. Given the seriousness of these accusations, several Site X executives have jumped ship, like its CEO and COO. In addition, some Pornhub business partners, such as Visa and Mastercard in particular, have cut ties with the platform.
In France, Pornhub and several other X sites like Xvideos or xHamster are already in the crosshairs of justice. ARCOM accuses these sites of not having implemented an effective system to prevent minors from accessing their content. If the judges side with ARCOM, these adult sites could simply be closed in France. While the preliminary hearing was to be held in May 2022, representatives of Pornhub, Xvideos, xHamster and xmxx will be in court on September 6, 2022.
Source: Variety