You can not upload to pornhub and associated sites without a constent form. Every video is checked before it goes live.<p>I am not sure why so many journalists always miss this fact when they claim it's a bed for human trafficking and child pornography<p>Or am I missing something?
> Pornhub had over 2B visits last year and 100M+ daily active users<p>Is it just me or does that seem remarkably low? I wonder if "active users" only includes users with accounts. I'm sure plenty of people lurk such sites but never sign in.<p>> AI deepfakes and Generative AI means that anyone can create custom porn for themselves.<p>Admittedly, and somewhat embarrassingly, this is something I looked into with all the AI hubub going on this year.<p>While it's interesting what Stable Diffusion is capable of in terms of generating images of naked people, it's not that impressive what it comes to creating something that can actually compete with what humans can currently create. Every example of AI-generated pr0n I've seen looks erotically generic and uninteresting. On top of that, the AI seems to still not understand what a nipple or vagina is actually supposed to look like. It can't even do video yet outside of blurry "flipbooks" of multiple prompts in succession. Though I have no doubt that AI will eventually shake things up, we are a ways off from AI making human-made porn obsolete.<p>> To put the nail in the coffin, Netflix made a documentary about how Pornhub was the worst.<p>Well yeah, the problem with porn is it can't be (easily) used to push a narrative. Porn is hyper-reality. Porn doesn't pretend that people don't see race. Porn doesn't pretend that men and women aren't different, <i>unless you're into that sort of thing.</i> Porn isn't known for its intricate storytelling. Porn isn't pretentious. Porn doesn't pretend that penises are "gross." Porn doesn't pretend that human beings aren't animals that have irrational motivations. Porn is largely apolitical.<p>No wonder the mainstream wants it gone, despite being guilty of many of the same transgressions as sites like Pornhub. Nobody's gonna stop giving their money to Hollywood despite all the sexual abuse and child molestation.
> This sort of thing happens all the time in private transactions. But it has never happened in a case with one of the most important websites in the world! <i>We should know more!</i><p>Based on what? You're not going to if a private company doesn't want you to and is structured correctly.<p>> The only reason to act against such strong incentives is if you have something to hide.<p>Yes, like the natural persons involved, because that's the default state of private companies structured correctly. Just like they said in the interview quoted.<p>> The victims harmed by Pornhub deserve assurances that the current owners will be better than the past abusers.<p>lol. punt your thinly veiled voyeurism to a third party. that's... rich.
"I had one source who insisted that the capital came from Hong Kong but when I asked for more details he mostly insulted me for not being able to figure it out myself ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. "<p>China can cross-identify Pornhub "customers" against other state owned tech asset's datasets (e.g. tictoc) ... valuable leverage against identified individuals?
This “industry“ is and for the most part always has been a front for organized crime.<p><a href="https://probablycancelledpod.libsyn.com/the-porno-mafia-monopoly-capitalism-organized-crime-w-jimmy-falun-gong" rel="nofollow">https://probablycancelledpod.libsyn.com/the-porno-mafia-mono...</a>
BenGPT summery: "Hyper rich individuals and/or foreign investment funds buy reasonably profitable 'sin' business and do so by forming a special purpose vehicle just for this transaction which hides their identity. Said owners elect not to register the business as an investment fund, which author notes is optional in Canada anyway. Occom's razor conclusion would be they do all of this because they don't want to be identified."<p>Ethical discussions about the operation of a pornographic website aside, I'm not clear what the issue or surprise here is?