Pornhub and parent company Aylo agreed to a proposed settlement requiring a $5 million payment to Utah and remediation of federal allegations that the platform facilitated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and nonconsensual material (NCM). Regulators alleged Pornhub allowed CSAM and NCM on the site, delayed reviewing flagged content until it had many reports, failed to block repeat uploaders of abusive material, and did not maintain or protect age-verification paperwork and sensitive identity documents. The settlement requires implementation of policies to combat CSAM and NCM. Aylo stated the settlement does not introduce substantive requirements beyond measures already in place or underway. Prior reporting prompted major payment processors to stop servicing the site, and Pornhub later required uploaders to verify age and consent.
As part of the proposed settlement, Pornhub and its parent company, Aylo, must pay $5 million to Utah and address the FTC's allegations, which included: Allowing the dissemination of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and nonconsensual material (NCM) on its platform. Not reviewing content flagged as CSAM or NCM until it was reported at least 16 times. Not doing enough to block users who uploaded CSAM from creating a new account and uploading it again.
Pornhub must also implement policies to combat CSAM and NCM. In a press release sent to The Verge, Aylo says the settlement doesn't introduce "any new substantive requirements that were not either already in place or in progress." Pornhub has long struggled with content moderation, but things came to a head in 2020, when The New York Times published a report detailing the presence of CSAM and NCM on Pornhub, leading Visa and Mastercard to stop processing payments on the site.
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