"Pornhub" executives resign over video scandal of rape and child abuse

2022-06-23 17:53:12Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
"Pornhub" executives resign over video scandal of rape and child abuse
Feras Antoon and David Tassillo, two Pornhub executives

Feras Antoon and David Tassillo, the two directors of "Pornhub" have resigned after more than 10 years of work in the pornographic network.

They made this decision after allegations that images of non-consensual sexual relations, or with minors under the legal age, appeared on the platform. Pornhub's parent company, Mindgeek, which is visited by an average of 150 million people a day, denies the allegations of abuse.

The development came after a scandalous report on the company's practices from the local magazine "The New Yorker". A statement from MindGeek, which owns the pornographic sites Pornhub, Brazzers and RedTube, said only that "Antoon and Tassillo are leaving MindGeek's usual operations after more than ten years in leadership positions."

It added that the pair had planned to leave earlier this year, but would remain shareholders of the company.

The company also criticized the investigative exposure made by 'The New Yorker' which, among other things, described how a 15-year-old British woman failed to persuade the company to remove pornographic videos of herself that had been sent without her consent.

The company wrote that The New Yorker had the opportunity to investigate their work to combat illegal materials by checking the facts and results.

Even last year Mindgeek, originally named Manwin, was indicted for violating U.S. federal laws on sex trafficking and pornography of minors under the age of 18.

In 2020, Visa and Mastercard companies stopped paying for the pornographic network Pornhub after a New York Times report revealed illegal sexual content on their sites.



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