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OnlyFans’ inexplicable ban on porn might be explained by this BBC investigation

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I saw the BBC article on this [0] that basically takes credit for the policy change. The whole article was pretty smug to me, as if they are proud to have basically shut down a bunch of people's businesses. There are other factors I understand, but it remains that there are a lot of legit, if not everyone's cup of tea, interests that will be affected by this. Claiming credit for this and acting like all these people are our moral inferiors that deserve what they get is not something to be proud of.

The examples of illegal or objectionable content the BBC talks about could not doubt be found on the internet also. Is that a reason to want and shut it down?

[0] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-58255865

> The examples of illegal or objectionable content the BBC talks about could not doubt be found on the internet also. Is that a reason to want and shut it down?

The difference is that, as per the OP,

> A “compliance manual” suggests Onlyfans intentionally tolerated illegal content

And only took proper measures to fight CSAM in July 2021. That's pretty damning.

Their current payment processors probably didn't tolerate the amount of child porn on it and the amount of underage grooming occurring, and their options were probably to switch to services porn sites do actually use, which take a bigger cut.

But this doesn't stop the absolutely gone people raging about some abstract idea of freedom to post asshole pics on the internet. Cobalt mines.

Sorry can you say what the meaning of cobalt mines is?

I wonder what kind of liability do third parties like a payment processor has regarding the content they are enabling. For me, the contract is between the company and payment processor.

Why do MasterCard and visa exert their influence on third parties. Its not like I would go after visa if onlyfans was found enabling cp. I would go after onlyfans and demand they release details of creator of cp and then go after them but why involve visa ? Currently visa is acting as a gatekeeper, imposing their ideals on a third party doing business.

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