Posted: Mar 04, 2021 4:33 PM ET | Last Updated: March 4
Pornhub says it has removed all content uploaded by non-verified users. The pornography website has been accused of hosting illegal content.(The Canadian Press)
More than 100 survivors of sexual exploitation and hundreds of non-governmental organizations are urging Ottawa to pursue a full criminal investigation of Pornhub s parent company.
In a letter to the House of Commons ethics committee this week, the coalition asked the federal government to push for a police probe of MindGeek, which they accuse of violating child protection laws and sharing intimate images without consent.
The Montreal-based company has come in for heavy criticism in the past few months following accusations it distributed exploitive videos and failed to adequately screen for illegal material.
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âMindGeek has zero-tolerance
for non-consensual content, child sexual abuse material (CSAM), and any other content that lacks the consent of all parties depicted,â the company said in an email.
âThe harrowing stories of the survivors of CSAM and non-consensual imagery shake us to our core.â MindGeek Canada Managing Director Feras Antoon appears on a screen during a sound check as he waits to appear virtually before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, Friday, February 5, 2021 in Ottawa. Photo by Adrian Wyld/THE CANADIAN PRESS
In December, several major credit card companies suspended payment services to Pornhub, prompting the worldâs largest pornography platform to scrub some 10 million videos posted by unverified users.
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