Have you ever learned that your partner was watching porn, and immediately felt hurt by that? You’re not alone.
Visa and Mastercard announced they’ve suspended payment processing for advertising purchases on Pornhub and other sites owned by Pornhub’s parent company, MindGeek.
A federal judge ruled that Visa helped Pornhub “monetize child porn” and sex trafficking. The court stated there was enough evidence to show the company “knowingly provid[ed] the tool used to complete the crime” of distributing child exploitation.
Created by a German AI company called deepXtech UG, “Am I In Porn?” is a search engine that exists to help you find out if you appear on porn sites.
Not only does porn rarely depict consent, but it often portrays a lack of consent as normal and desirable.
With huge numbers of users comes huge amounts of responsibility, and not a single site has developed a porn-proof filtering system or thorough enough moderation team.
You might be asking yourself if watching porn is bad for you. It’s a reasonable question, and a complicated one. Let’s talk about what research says.
Many people thought changes to Twitter’s Terms of Service possibly signaled an upcoming ban of adult content on Twitter—but the truth is the opposite.
Here’s something to consider: no one needs porn. Guys don’t need porn. Women don’t need porn. People can choose for themselves.
Studies find that 99% of deepfake porn videos are of celebrities, like Kristen Bell, who have been featured in content they didn’t consented to.
This largest study of online porn to date raises questions about the extent of sexually violent, nonconsensual, and even criminal material freely available on mainstream porn websites.
Men aren’t the only ones with porn habits. Research shows more women are consuming porn, and it’s having negative effects on their relationships, too.
