{"id":29819,"date":"2020-12-08T15:17:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T23:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=29819"},"modified":"2020-12-08T15:17:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T23:17:56","slug":"pornhub-bans-unverified-uploads-ability-to-download-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=29819","title":{"rendered":"Pornhub bans unverified uploads, ability to download content"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pornhub will ban unverified content from being posted on its website and prohibit users from downloading content effective immediately, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/tlmjsdwfpllktdtlkbvppkjjpwkrlwlggcpfdmrlwvpwwl_srkbmmvrvtbkjscklbrv.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/tlmjsdwfpllktdtlkbvppkjjpwkrlwlggcpfdmrlwvpwwl_srkbmmvrvtbkjscklbrv.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1607555126299000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHUFvxIHXQy3XiHGDJRdEECCfiU7A\">company announced<\/a>\u00a0Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The update came after mounting pressure following a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/mcdsmzwgpccljzjcltnpplsspwlvcwckkdpgzbvcwnpwwq_srkbmmvrvtbkjscklbrv.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/mcdsmzwgpccljzjcltnpplsspwlvcwckkdpgzbvcwnpwwq_srkbmmvrvtbkjscklbrv.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1607555126299000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHAnpc44xlye4cG4WmwFfaubHeNEQ\">New York Times column<\/a>\u00a0published last week stating that the website contained rape scenes, revenge pornography and underaged sex. Days after the piece was published, credit card companies Mastercard and Visa said they were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/amhsrvbzlmmncvcmnyhllnsslbngmbmwwplzvtgmbhlbbd_srkbmmvrvtbkjscklbrv.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/amhsrvbzlmmncvcmnyhllnsslbngmbmwwplzvtgmbhlbbd_srkbmmvrvtbkjscklbrv.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1607555126299000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEeRtacZMqrmRf2ZMhhrUX95tqsFA\">reviewing their businesses relationships<\/a>\u00a0with Pornhub.<\/p>\n<p>Columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote that while a \u201cgreat majority\u201d of the 6.8 million new videos posted on the side yearly may involve consenting adults, \u201cmany depict child abuse and nonconsensual violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pornhub called the allegations that it allows child videos on the site \u201cirresponsible and flagrantly untrue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pornhub announced on Tuesday that it is only allowing verified content partners or people within its \u201cModel Program\u201d to upload to the website, which will launch a verification process next year so \u201cany user can upload content upon successful completion of identification protocol.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the website said it has removed the ability for users to download content with the exception of paid downloads within the verified Model Program.<\/p>\n<p>The previous ability for users to download directly from Pornhub had made it possible for content that may have been removed to still be shared, and possibly uploaded again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pornhub will ban unverified content from&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29820,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29819\/revisions\/29820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}