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The children selling explicit videos on OnlyFans

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HecatesCatsInFancyHats · 27/05/2021 08:01

British subscription site OnlyFans is failing to prevent underage users from selling and appearing in explicit videos, a BBC investigation has found.
Under-18s have used fake identification to set up accounts, and police say a 14-year-old used a grandmother's passport.
The UK's most senior police officer for child protection also says children are being "exploited" on the platform.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57255983

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ACatWhoBinds · 27/05/2021 22:03

@TheWeeDonkey

Didn't BBC spend most of last year flogging this mlm as a positive and 'empowering' way for young women to get rich quick last year?

I mean to be fair they're not the only ones but still its a bit rich isn't it?

It's not an mlm?? Who told you that 😂😂
ChattyLion · 27/05/2021 20:16

The government have to do something about this, it’s absolutely horrendous.

PearPickingPorky · 27/05/2021 15:58

I'm sure I am not the only one who heard this this morning and thought "well, yeah, obviously".

Men want to watch girls who look underage. The girls who tend to look underage are underage.

That's what they are there for. It's why they give the girls money, because they like looking at their (underage/-looking) body. No point pretending now that this is horrifying and they can't believe it.

It's a feature, not a bug.

AllTheUsernamesAreAlreadyTaken · 27/05/2021 14:29

@NotBadConsidering

This is why the “sex positive” argument is complete bullshit. For every one woman who feels “empowered” by selling their body, online or in real life, there are thousands underneath who are pumped and exploited. An environment is created where this exploitation can’t be protected from, can’t be undone, and it all becomes “too hard” to fix because the “sex positive” advocates making money would lose out. It’s sickening really.
Sadly, “empowered” seems to be synonymous with “desired”. Empowered should mean to be confident to be who you are without the need of validation of others, especially strangers. Not needing surgery or cosmestic procedures. Not needing to be “sex positive”. But, no. Empowered is to completely submit to the patriarchal demands on your appearance.
YellowFish12 · 27/05/2021 14:20

I watched the docu that CardinalLolzy links to above a while ago =- it really is shocking :-(

Devlesko · 27/05/2021 14:10

I was asked to take part in this, when posting on here.
I know girls of 16/18 earning enough to pay college and uni fees.
The youngest I heard about through her dm was 14. Sad
Many are mc white English girls, many from The Home Counties/ South.

CardinalLolzy · 27/05/2021 09:26

Why is this news now - I'm assuming further evidence has been found of even more cases then, since the bbc made a whole documentary on this a year ago (which included underage kids):

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p087m1nh
Nudes4Sale

"Reporter Ellie Flynn investigates how thousands of ordinary people and teenagers all across the world are making money from selling their own nude photos and videos."

Good that it's getting further scrutiny but I assume nothing was done a year ago then, so I'm not holding out much hope that anything will change.

allmywhat · 27/05/2021 09:25

Oh god well that's reassuring that only fans offer full refunds!

Only to men who purchase CSE material. Men who masturbate to adults still pay full price.

Mrsjayy · 27/05/2021 09:25

I would report that to the school or the police but if I wasn't sure then definitely school.

Erikrie · 27/05/2021 09:22

That's interesting. Yesterday my DD was talking about a girl at school that had been 'selling' videos of herself naked online and £100 had been dumped in friends bank account for doing this. The girl is age 12 although looks older. DD didn't know what platform it was. I wonder if this could have been it. Was planning to try and investigate this further.

Mrsjayy · 27/05/2021 09:20

Oh god well that's reassuring that only fans offer full refunds!

DeeJayLippy · 27/05/2021 09:17

I heard about this on Radio4 this morning. The reporter seemed keen to point out that all the customers had received full refunds. Because yeah that's the concern of your listeners R4...the consumer rights of men who pay children for nudes...

Mrsjayy · 27/05/2021 09:14

This had to happen didn't it not shocked at all . I saw a ",celeb" on day time TV slip in the interview about her account and how it was empowering and she was very open with her Dds About it and one of them even took her "cheeky" pics for her. It's all so seedy normalises selling yourself as empowering bullshit!

EmbarrassingAdmissions · 27/05/2021 09:12

Where I grew up the nearest brothels (4 houses away, both sides of us) pimped the children of the women who ran them. I don't know if they included other children.

In addition to the empowerment publicity etc. I'd be startled if familiar patterns of behaviour aren't happening on OF or similar.

TheWeeDonkey · 27/05/2021 09:08

Didn't BBC spend most of last year flogging this mlm as a positive and 'empowering' way for young women to get rich quick last year?

I mean to be fair they're not the only ones but still its a bit rich isn't it?

Mumoblue · 27/05/2021 08:18

🤮 Good lord that is horrific.

Sadly, I’m not surprised. OF has been hyped up as fun and easy and a quick way to get rich, and impressionable kids who do not understand consequences are likely to be influenced by that.

Those images will be spread and be on the internet forever.

I was already not a fan of OF, but this is just sickening.

NotBadConsidering · 27/05/2021 08:17

*Pimped out

NotBadConsidering · 27/05/2021 08:17

This is why the “sex positive” argument is complete bullshit. For every one woman who feels “empowered” by selling their body, online or in real life, there are thousands underneath who are pumped and exploited. An environment is created where this exploitation can’t be protected from, can’t be undone, and it all becomes “too hard” to fix because the “sex positive” advocates making money would lose out. It’s sickening really.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 27/05/2021 08:07

I'm surprised that anyone ever thought any different...

(Anyone in general,.not having a go at you op!)