The system MindGeek has to monitor content is woeful at best, the suit contends. “However, if the performer is 15, 16, 17, the moderator may be less likely, and less inclined, to flag that video or image due to the ineffective system PornHub implemented.” If the performer is a child under the age of 12, it may be more likely that a moderator would flag that video or image,” the suit alleges. “Essentially, ‘moderators’ hired by MindGeek eyeball the performers in the video to see if they look young. If a video posted by an amateur pornographer includes other parties or individuals, MindGeek has no effective process to verify age,” the suit alleges. “Once a Modelhub account is created videos may be uploaded. The sites bring in hundreds of millions in profit, the suit says.įor Modelhub, where Jane Doe 1’s videos were uploaded, the amateur pornographers are only required to submit a picture ID attesting the subjects are over the age of 18. The suit, brought by over a dozen attorneys from a series of law firms - including the National Center on Sexual Exploitation - alleges MindGeek is completely ill-equipped to monitor the millions of new videos that are uploaded to the company’s many porn sites each year. At least four videos depicting the kid have been identified, and both of the survivors continue to be traumatized on a daily basis knowing their sexual abuse imagery is online and “permanent,” the records show. Pornhub parent slapped with $600M class action lawsuit over child pornĪs with Jane Doe 1, the company never tried to verify Jane Doe 2’s age or consent, the suit alleges. Jane Doe 2, who was 14 when she began being trafficked, was forced to appear in videos of adults raping her that were then were uploaded to MindGeek’s websites, including Pornhub and Redtube, the suit states. “At no time did MindGeek or PornHub attempt to verify Jane Doe #1’s identity, age, inquire about her status as a victim of trafficking, or otherwise protect or warn against her traffickers before or while the video of her being drugged and raped was sold, downloaded, viewed and otherwise advertised on PornHub,” the complaint continues, adding the video’s title included the word “lil” to signify it depicted a kid. One of the videos of Jane Doe #1 had been viewed over 2,400 times since MindGeek added it to its websites in early 2018,” the complaint states. “MindGeek reviewed, categorized, tagged, and disseminated the images and videos depicting the rape and sexual exploitation of sixteen year old Jane Doe #1. In 2018, when Jane Doe 1 was 16-years-old, she was drugged and raped by a man in Tuscaloosa, who filmed the crime and uploaded it to Modelhub, a subsidiary of MindGeek for “amateur” pornographers, the suit alleges, The suit, filed in the Northern District of Alabama, centers around two victims - Jane Doe 1, who lives in the Southern state, and Jane Doe 2, who now lives in California. Pornhub, MindGeek hosted rape videos of teen sex-trafficking victims: lawsuitĪ federal class action lawsuit against PornHub’s parent company MindGeek alleges the smut purveyor hosted multiple rape videos of teen sex-trafficking victims - and profited from them while doing nothing to verify the ages or consent of those depicted, court records filed Friday show. Military, teacher included in those apprehended in massive human trafficking bust: Florida sheriff Katie Britt for using her story in SOTU rebuttal
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