"PornHub" bragging about partnering with a British anti-obscenity org and giving them a veneer of legitimacy is nothing short of appalling. #ukpol #FreeSpeech
I'd like to cover "Aylo's" / "PornHub's" shenanigans here further.
"Aylo" is notorious for speaking over other people for their own gain (and to try to cover their historic reputation). For instance, they "endorsed" "age verification" which hurt their competitors and is poor for user privacy, before changing their mind later and vigorously campaigning against it.
Still, for Aylo, invading user privacy and leaking sensitive information about the sexual interests of users is just a small price to pay. It's just another part of doing business to them. Of course, once they realized that users were using their sites less due to it, they suddenly decided to change course.
Now, they're giving credence to anti-obscenity org advocating against things like VPNs and for censorship, and crucially, namedropping them while doing so and trying to present them as the "leader of the industry". It is extremely disturbing and it is paramount that these shenanigans are shut down immediately without giving it a single modicum of legitimacy.
Update: https://qoto.org/@olives/112432593064021268 I figured I'd cover the new porn science post here too but it shouldn't really be necessary.
One of the most appalling ways the namedropping is presented in is by claiming that there is a "standard" way of doing things, even though it is horrible, opinionated, and rights violating.
Waiting a few days to resume running this abhorrent propaganda doesn't make it any less appalling in the slightest. #FreeSpeech #ukpol
At it's most fundamental level, "obscenity" is a clear violation of #HumanRights. It is an attempt to impose one person's moral values onto others (and without any grounding in any sort of objectivity). The purpose of the anti-obscenity org is to take their moral values and to present these as objective truths as to how the world ought to be.
This particular anti-obscenity org likes to pretend they're "saving the children from abuse", then they tack all these other elements of their agenda on, usually on an obscure page or document hardly anyone reads.
From the looks of it, they don't like BDSM or roleplay. #ukpol #FreeSpeech