Online Sex Workers React to OnlyFans’ Content Ban Decisions

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4.2 • 726 Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Subscription-based website OnlyFans, popularly used by sex workers, announced last month it would ban sexually explicit content, blaming the decision on payment providers. Less than one week later, the company said it would suspend the ban, amid backlash from sex workers and advocates. Online sex work and platforms like OnlyFans boomed in popularity during the pandemic, and many online sex workers report increased autonomy and safety compared with in-person work. Yet the industry is volatile and dependent on payment providers, which have longstanding histories of financial discrimination against sex workers. We’ll talk about the online sex work industry and hear from those who work in it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.0	Sexual content has been a star player on the internet from early days, but there's a battle brewing behind the scenes. Religiously motivated anti-pornography advocates are pushing financial companies like Visa and J.P.Morgan to cut ties with platforms like Porn Hub and only fans.
1:11.6	The anti-porn folks frame it as a fight against child abuse and human trafficking.
1:16.4	But is that really what's going on?
1:18.9	Today on forum, we'll dig into the details and talk to independent sex workers
1:23.1	about how this fight is affecting them.
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