Illegal Trafficking Behind P*rnhub
In a Nutshell
The founder of Traffickinghub and Justice Defense Fund exposes Pornhub as a massive hub for illegal content like child rape, trafficking videos, and non-consensual abuse, triggered by cases such as a 15-year-old Florida girl found in 58 rape videos, San Diego's Girls Do Porn operation with 600 million views, and Nicole Adom's torture footage. Anyone could upload unverified videos in minutes using just an email—no ID or consent checks—amid 56 million pieces of content, 170 million daily visits, and billions in annual traffic, turning the site into a global crime scene despite its cheeky mainstream branding and PR stunts. The 2020 launch of the Traffickinghub movement aimed to shut it down and hold executives accountable after the speaker's own tests confirmed effortless illegal uploads.
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Founder and CEO of the Justice Defense Fund and founder of the Traffickinghub movement to shut down Pornhub and hold its executives responsible for globally distributing and profiting from rape, child sexual abuse, trafficking, and all forms of non-consensual content. In the fight against trafficking for almost 20 years (about 18 years). Realized trafficking was being filmed and distributed online in the digital age. Investigated the intersection between child sexual abuse, trafficking, and the big porn industry (like big tobacco or big pharma), dominated by Pornhub's parent company. Made a life-changing discovery one night in early 2020, launching the Traffickinghub global movement.
A few days after son's birth (end of 2019, about 9 days after), read story of 15-year-old girl missing for a year from Broward County, Florida. Found when mother tipped off by Pornhub user recognizing her daughter. Found in 58 videos being raped for profit. Police matched rapist from videos to surveillance footage from a 7-Eleven via account named **daddy [__] **. Girl rescued; she had been impregnated.
London Sunday Times investigation found dozens of illegal videos on site within minutes, including children as young as 3 years old. Around same time, 100 victims (adult trafficking victims) in San Diego operation with partner channel on Pornhub: Girls Do Porn channel had over 800,000 subscribers, over 600 million views. Abuser running operation on FBI's 10 Most Wanted list.
Nicole Adom from New York, mother of two young children. Raped and sexually tortured by partner Tor, who filmed and uploaded to Pornhub. She killed him in self-defense, sentenced to life in prison (separated from kids). Legal team reduced to 7 years.
Haunted by stories, questioned how abuse ended up on Pornhub. Tested upload system one night: required only an email address. Anyone could anonymously upload in under 10 minutes anywhere in world (YouTube of porn). In 2020: 56 million pieces of content, 170 million visits per day, 62 billion visits per year. Content uploaded in 12 months would take 169 years to watch back-to-back. More visits than Netflix and Amazon. No ID verification to check for children, no consent forms for rape/trafficking victims. Site infested with real sexual crime; Pornhub is a crime scene, not a porn site. Sounded the alarm, launching Traffickinghub movement 5 years ago.
Everyone assumed Pornhub was just adult porn stars paid to perform. Pornhub spent millions making itself mainstream: apparel in public, New York Fashion Week, fake Saturday Night Live commercials, cheeky brand. Had Pornhub Cares philanthropic arm with PR stunts: save whales, bees, donate to breast cancer research, save pandas, presenting facade of caring about health and safety.
Assumption is the mother of all screw-ups.
Tested with video of keyboard and rug in dark room using VPN; went live instantly. Anyone with iPhone or camera could become pornographer anywhere (back of car, park, hotel). Much content was sexual crime: child rape, non-consensual content (image-based sexual abuse, revenge porn), stolen copyrighted professional porn (performers hated it). All kinds of illegal content on site.
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