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Document Trove: Pornhub Allowed Illegal Child Abuse Videos Even After They Were Flagged

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When Republican lawmakers across the country rolled out plans to crack down on on-screen sex companies for failing to verify the age of their users, the porn lobby, Democrats, and their allies in corporate media threw a fit. They defended the on-screen “sex work” as consensual and constitutionally protected. In reality, mass abuse, exploitation, and sex trafficking of children is routinely uploaded and searched on porn websites — sometimes without objection or hasty removal.

A 51-page document trove recently uncovered due to a “filing error” shows Pornhub allowed child sexual abuse material (CSAM) to stay on its website for years at a time despite its clear violation of federal law.

The previously sealed memorandum from December 2024 includes dozens of internal records and conversations showing Pornhub employees knew of content documenting the rape and trafficking of minors on their platform but failed to curb it.

A New York Times’ exposé determined the documents “show why we shouldn’t trust porn companies.” The evidence, however, increasingly indicates that Pornhub and a significant number of its patrons are complicit in sex crimes against children.

In several instances spanning from 2015 to 2020, Pornhub received reports from users flagging certain videos as involving someone underage but failed to remove the criminal acts from its website. One particular video, despite getting flagged to Pornhub content reviewers 13 times since it was uploaded in 2015, racked up 1.7 million views before it was taken down in 2019. (Read more from “Document Trove: Pornhub Allowed Illegal Child Abuse Videos Even After They Were Flagged” HERE)

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Web Searches for ‘VPN’ Surge After Pornhub Access Blocked

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Google searches for VPNs skyrocketed in Texas after Pornhub disabled access in the state Thursday, according to multiple reports.

People have begun searching for virtual private networks (VPNs) after Pornhub blocked access to Texas users in compliance with the state’s age-verification law, which requires pornographic sites to include measures to ensure only those 18 and older are using the website, according to Variety. VPNs create an encrypted connection between the internet and a user, allowing the user to hide their location and make it seem like they’re accessing the internet from another state or country, the outlet noted.

Twenty metro areas in Texas were tracked by Google, showing the increase in searches, Variety reported. Of those areas, Dallas – Ft. Worth, Houston, Austin, Waco-Temple-Bryan, and San Antonio had the highest searches for VPNs in the last week.

The search for VPNs increased by over 1,500 percent since the blocking, according to SlashGear. Proton VPN, a popular network, saw a search increase of 4,750 percent, the outlet noted. SlashGear also found an increase in the searches “Texas VPN,” “Pornhub blocked,” and “Pornhub shutdown.” They reported searches of “Is porn banned in Texas” and “How to verify age on Pornhub” increased by over 3,000 percent.

(Read more from “Web Searches for ‘VPN’ Surge After Pornhub Access Blocked” HERE)