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18th June 2021
03:22pm BST

Complainants have dubbed the site a "classic criminal enterprise" based on exploiting non-consensual videos. The accusers, many of whom will remain anonymous, are seeking damages in the millions.
"This is a case about rape, not pornography," one complaint said. They also dubbed the website "likely the largest non-regulatory repository of child pornography in North America and well beyond."
According to the women's lawyer, the case could amount to wins of "hundreds of millions of dollars." MindGeek is believed to be worth somewhere in the realm of $1.2 billion.
In a statement, MindGeek claimed the platform uses "the most comprehensive safeguards" on the internet and that they look into all complaints regarding videos when received.
"Pornhub has zero tolerance for illegal content and investigates any complaint or allegation made about content on our platforms," they said.
"The fact is, Pornhub has in place the most comprehensive safeguards in user-generated platform history, which include the banning of uploads from unverified users, expanding our moderation processes, and cooperating with dozens of non-profit organisations around the world."
Earlier this year, the site reportedly purged millions of unverified videos from its platform, stating that content would now go through a "verification process" before it could be shared.
Prior to this change, any person could share any kind of video to Pornhub without it being verified.