Pornhub limits uploads and disables downloads after New York Times exposé
A Times Square billboard for PornHub from 2015 Pornhub has made significant changes to its content policies after a New York Times report detailed the damage done by nonconsensual videos posted to the platform, often involving underage girls.
In a statement today, Pornhub announced a new set of policies aimed at keeping nonconsensual videos off the site. Most significantly, the platform will no longer accept uploads from unidentified users, a significant shift for a company that built its platform on non-professional uploads. In the short term, that will restrict uploads to content partners and members of the platform's Model Program, although Pornhub plans to roll out a broader verification process for regular users in 2021.
Once content has been uploaded, Pornhub will block...