Mayor Plante Wants The Federal Government To 'Take A Stand' Against Companies Like Pornhub

[c1000]

It was a bullshit choice but whatever. These same videos are on other porn sites but since Pornhub makes the most money they got targeted.

They weren't even legally forced to do this.

 

[xtc27]

I'm on the fence on this one. I don't watch a lot of porn, (it doesn't compare with what goes on in my head), but I see both sides to this argument. I have seen a few videos, not sure if they were pornhub or some other site, that clearly cross the line of the law, or at least they seem to in my view. It's my understanding that in Canada--and probably every other western country-it is not only illegal to depict children in sexual situation--which there is a broad consensus on--but also to show actors that appear to be children having sex. That last point is what I think gets ignored, as there do seem to be a shitload of vids suggesting that the participants are kids. I can't believe it would be that difficult for any porn site to keep such stuff from being uploaded, if they really wanted to.

As for the rest of it, I think I'm pretty liberal. Rape, race, and humiliation vids, should be allowed as long as they're in someway marked as drama. Hell, if you brand everything depicting a submissive partner as "abuse" you may as well completely eliminate Japanese porn. In today's society it's almost impossible to discuss or admit, but there's a dark side to what excites people sexually. I have known plenty of women, in fact I'd guess more than half of those I've been with, get off on being controlled and "used". I'm not saying they want to be disrespected, but a lot of women definitely like the chase, the capture and the (mock) subjugation.

...some mpas dress in sailor moon schoolgirl uniforms 2... me= totally not offended!

 

[Toomanymiles]

All the major credit cards pulled out. They had to do something. No billion dollar companies are going to publicly support underage sex and rape. There still may be a federal investigation underway. They fucked up big time, if they weren’t so mainstream it wouldn’t be a problem.

 

[Magicmon]

That’s exactly it. Once the card companies and banks got involved they had to make a decision. This just shows us all the power the banks have.

 

[Boston Man Chowder]

Maybe Google should purchase Pornhub. That way, their pedophile Hollyweird friends can freely post their underage conquests with no consequences from their corporate sponsors or law enforcement. Fuck Pornhub anyway. Spankbang is where the good stuff's at.

 

[Magicmon]

Yea all the alternatives will have an increase in traffic now. I wonder who will come out on top as the new pornhub.

 

[Sybarite]

This was interesting... "Protect the children" is always the rallying cry; shutting down the entire industry is the actual goal...

Part of Kristof’s case against Pornhub rested on the work of an activist campaign called #Traffickinghub. “Concerns about Pornhub are bubbling up. A petition to shut the site down has received 2.1 million signatures,” Kristof wrote, referring to a petition circulated by the campaign. “An organization called Traffickinghub, led by an activist named Laila Mickelwait, documents abuses and calls for the site to be shut down.”

Last week, following the announcement of Pornhub’s policy changes, Kristof took a victory lap, applauding the campaign again in a second column. “Visa and Mastercard are reviewing their ties with Pornhub; there are calls for criminal prosecutions,” Kristof wrote, “activist groups like Traffickinghub are demanding action.”

Neither piece elaborated on the origins of the #Traffickinghub campaign... The movement’s founder, Laila Mickelwait, works for the Christian “anti-trafficking” non-profit Exodus Cry—a fringe evangelical group with far-right ties that aims to abolish the commercial sex industry entirely. The campaign, which germinated in the pages of the Washington Examiner, was also co-sponsored by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE), the nonprofit formerly known as Morality in Media and once the “nation’s loudest voice against adult pornography.”,,,

Pornhub fingered the two groups as evidence that the campaign took issue not with the company’s content moderation but with its business as a whole.

“It is clear that Pornhub is being targeted not because of our policies and how we compare to our peers, but because we are an adult content platform,” Pornhub wrote. “The two groups that have spearheaded the campaign against our company are the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (formerly known as Morality in Media) and Exodus Cry/TraffickingHub. These are organizations dedicated to abolishing pornography, banning material they claim is obscene, and shutting down commercial sex work.”

Inside the Shady Sex-Work Abolitionist Group That Gutted Pornhub

Following a Nicholas Kristof Times exposé, Pornhub removed millions of videos. But the group behind the crusade is an anti-sex-work outfit that’s raising money off the controversy.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[Magicmon]

Christian “anti-trafficking” non-profit Exodus Cry—a fringe evangelical group with far-right ties that aims to abolish the commercial sex industry entirely.

Hrmm so how long do we have to wait until we find out some of the members in this group are either pedophiles, gay, swingers or frequent brothels on their spare time?

Once they’re busted they claim they were doing it for research. This seems to the common storyline for right wing religious people.

 

[gcoogieben]

Pretty pissed. Had a lot of porn vids bookmarked and now they’re all gone. Didn’t even take notes what the vids were called and now I have to do the arduous process of looking for them on other porn sites.