At that time, no specific reasons for the veto were disclosed, which drew the attention of both locals and others, since PornHub used its profile on said service to promote certain artists or events. Explicit adult content was never part of his activity on that social network.
This situation has taken a new turn. And it is that a few hours ago, the parent company of Instagram confirmed to Motherboard that the Pornhub account has been permanently deleted for repeatedly violating its policies of use and publication of content.
According to Meta, over the past 10 years, the adult site has consistently violated its terms of service around nudity, mature content, and sexual solicitations.
In statements delivered to The New York Post, the company accused Pornhub of encouraging users to leave Instagram to visit the triple X content platform, which is considered a violation of the rules against sexual solicitation of the renowned social network. .The truth is that no further details were provided on how these alleged violations were carried out. The Meta-owned company limited itself to indicating that Pornhub violated the guidelines related to multiple violations of its terms.
Pornhub responds to Instagram
Faced with this decision, Pornhub responded with an open letter from Twitter, where he described the blocking of his Instagram account as an unfair move that would be taking an important marketing tool from a “marginalized group” of “independent creators.”
Additionally, the site required Instagram to provide a clear explanation of its decision, arguing that the implementation of its use policies for its service has been “opaque, discriminatory and hypocritical.”
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— Pornhub (@Pornhub) September 27, 2022
“Denying us the ability to promote our brands and grow our businesses while continually erasing, silencing and censoring the presence of sex workers and adult brands is violent and deeply damaging. Combined with the regular financial discrimination faced by those in the adult industry, it is dangerous and threatening to our livelihoods,” they wrote from Pornhub.
There is no doubt that billions of dollars are in the middle of this dispute. The triple X content site is one of the most visited on the entire planet. Data provided by the company itself indicates that on average, about 130 million people from all over the world access the page on a daily basis.
This translates into a total of 3.5 billion views per month and about 36 billion views per year, numbers that represent a millionaire business.