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Re:Court rules in Pornhub’s favor: Age-verification law viol... by rcme on Friday September 01, 2023 @06:58AM (#37349139)
My interpretation is that the demand comes from the pornography companies themselves. E.g. trafficked people forced to make pornography.
Re:Court rules in Pornhub’s favor: Age-verification law viol... by viraptor on Friday September 01, 2023 @09:47AM (#37350798)
Is this actually a thing? There's lots of people doing this professionally. There's lots releasing porn of themselves for free for fun. The system feels extremely saturated already.

I get the trafficking for prostitution, but is trafficking for porn actually a thing? Would it even make money?

Re:Court rules in Pornhub’s favor: Age-verification law viol... by DoItToMe81 on Friday September 01, 2023 @10:46AM (#37351477)
It's definitely a thing with organized crime. It has also happened in the past, but that was before laws on child exploitation were broadly adopted. Companies like ColorClimax filmed the rape of children as young as 2 and may have been involved in their trafficking.
Re:Court rules in Pornhub’s favor: Age-verification law viol... by femming on Friday September 01, 2023 @10:54AM (#37351581)
Yes, it is actually a thing:

- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/opinion/sunday/pornhub-ra...

- https://nypost.com/2021/02/12/pornhub-mindgeek-hosted-rape-v...

- https://exoduscry.com/articles/a-survivor-of-teen-porn-traff...

Not every pornographic video is non-consensual or necessarily involves exploitation, but the reality is that there is no way for the average consumer of pornography to know which is which.

Re:Court rules in Pornhub’s favor: Age-verification law viol... by willcipriano on Saturday September 02, 2023 @07:30AM (#37360517)
Consider for a moment student loans: "They were only 18, they couldn't know what they were signing!"

When porn is involved all of the sudden these people shut up.