OnlyFans’ inexplicable ban on porn might be explained by this BBC investigation
Photo Illustration by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Earlier today, OnlyFans stunned the world by revealing it would ditch the thing it's famous for: sexually explicit videos and photography. Yes, OnlyFans is banning porn, starting October 1st. But at least one publication wasn't completely shocked by the decision - because it came in the middle of a BBC investigation into how the video sharing site was knowingly letting creators slide despite publishing illegal content on the internet.
Instead of banning an account or sounding the alarm, the company explicitly recommends in a compliance manual" that moderators should first issue a series of three warnings about why each piece of content has been removed. Unless it's a successful creator, of course, in which case accounts with higher...