Coverage dated December 21, 2023

Pornhub owner agrees to pay $1.8M to resolve sex trafficking-related charge

Headline from NBC Los Angeles

The owner of Pornhub, one of the world’s largest adult content websites, has admitted to profiting from sex trafficking and agreed to make payments to women whose videos were posted without their consent.

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25 articles, oldest first.

  1. CNN

    Pornhub’s parent company admits it profited from sex trafficking (opens CNN)

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    For years, Pornhub hosted adult videos featuring women who were coerced into performing sex acts on camera by a production company, the website’s owner acknowledged in an agreement with federal prosecutors this week.

  2. NBC Los Angeles

    Pornhub owner agrees to pay $1.8M to resolve sex trafficking-related charge (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    The owner of Pornhub, one of the world’s largest adult content websites, has admitted to profiting from sex trafficking and agreed to make payments to women whose videos were posted without their consent.

  3. FOX Business

    Pornhub owner resolves US probe into sex trafficking ties by paying $1.8 million (opens FOX Business)

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    Aylo Holdings, the parent company of Pornhub.com, agreed to pay $1.8 million and undergo monitoring to resolve a probe into its ties with an alleged sex trafficking operation.

  4. Fortune

    Pornhub says it 'deeply regrets' profiting from sex trafficking and will pay at least $1.8 million to resolve federal charges (opens Fortune)

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    It will also make separate payments to the individual women harmed by the trafficking.

  5. Herald Bulletin

    Pornhub owner agrees to pay $1.8M and independent monitor to resolve sex trafficking-related charge (opens Herald Bulletin)

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    Herald Bulletin's feed description

    The owner of Pornhub, one of the world’s largest adult content websites, has admitted to profiting from sex trafficking and agreed to make payments to women whose videos were posted

  6. New York Post

    Pornhub owner to pay over $1.8M to resolve sex-trafficking scandal (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    The owner of Pornhub, one of the world’s largest adult content websites, has admitted to profiting from sex trafficking and agreed to make payments to women whose videos were posted without their c…

  7. New York Times

    Pornhub’s Parent Company Admits to Profiting From Sex Trafficking (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    The company that operates Pornhub and other adult websites has agreed to pay damages to women who said pornographic videos of them were posted online without their consent.

  8. Time

    Pornhub Agrees to Pay Fine for Profiting From Sex Trafficking (opens Time)

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    The website’s parent company reached a deferred prosecution agreement and will pay more than $1.8 million to the U.S. government as well as make separate payments to individual women harmed by trafficking.

  9. Variety

    Pornhub Parent Company Admits to Profiting From Sex Trafficking, Will Pay $1.84 Million Fine and Compensate Victims (opens Variety)

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    Pornhub parent Aylo reached a settlement with U.S. prosecutors over a charge it profited from deals with producers involved in sex trafficking.

  10. Latin Times

    Pornhub Owner To Pay $1.8 Mn To US But Will Not Face Charges (opens Latin Times)

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    The Montreal-based company that owns Pornhub will not face charges over links to a sex trafficking operation but has agreed to pay $1.8 million to the US government and make payments to victims, officials said Thursday.

  11. CBS News

    Pornhub's parent company to pay $1.8 million to settle sex trafficking charge (opens CBS News)

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    The deal calls for the Montreal-based company to pay more than $1.8 million to the U.S. government, as well as make separate payments to the individual women harmed by the trafficking.

  12. The Daily Caller

    Pornhub Owner Admits To Profiting From Sex Trafficking, Agrees To Pay Almost $2,000,000 (opens The Daily Caller)

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    Pornhub parent company admitted to profiting from sex trafficking, agreeing to pay more than $1.8 million for their offenses, according to authorities.

  13. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Pornhub owner agrees to pay $1.8M for sex trafficking-related charge (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    NEW YORK >> The owner of Pornhub, one of the world’s largest adult content websites, has admitted to profiting from sex trafficking and agreed to make payments to women whose videos were posted without their consent, federal prosecutors in New York announced Thursday.

  14. UPI

    Pornhub parent company agrees to pay damages to sex trafficking victims (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    The parent company of Pornhub and other adult entertainment websites admitted Thursday to profiting from videos of sex trafficking victims.

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