Pornhub - ***MNHQ adjusting subject line to add that the thread is regarding Laila Mickelwait and her work***

If it were anyone other than Elon Musk, I would agree.

But the man has long been obsessed with “X” as he sees himself as the #1 Gen X’er on the planet. It’s why he named his first company X.com and one of his kids “X”. He tried to change PayPal to “X”, he named one of the Tesla models “X”, and he founded SpaceX

It was done purposely, but it is not related to x-rated for adult content.

So the best way to defeat people wanting to close down repulsive porn sites is to get right wing racists to comment on x? Have I got that right?

The link that documents this lady's work exposing pornhubs links to rape, people trafficking and child abuse?

My concern with this link and the promotion is that there's a lot of comments below the x link that support Reform UK.

You should google the name of Elon Musk's son. It'll be something to do with that.

The letter ''X'' is definitely linked with ''X rated'' in many people's minds {If they are over 40 at least}
That, coupled with plain black background implies a more adult theme compared to the more innocent blue bird and ''Twitter''.

Definitely done purposefully. That was no mere coincidence.

https://www.decisionmarketing.co.uk/news/unilever-wilts-but-kraft-stays-firm-in-pornhub-ad-row

from 2019.

If you go to the trafficking hub petition website, there are links to articles - below is an excerpt from one in 'the New Yorker'

...A thirty-year-old man had been arrested in Florida for lewd and lascivious battery of a fifteen-year-old girl who had been missing for nearly a year; her family had found approximately fifty-eight videos of her on Pornhub and other Web sites. (The company says that it removed the material the day it was notified.) Shortly after that, the Sunday Times of London published an article about the corporations that advertise on Pornhub, including Heinz and Unilever, and noted that its reporters had found “dozens of examples of illegal material on the website within minutes.” (The company replied that child-sexual-abuse material made up a tiny proportion of content, and that the aim was to eradicate it.)...

I'm still letting the bolded bits sink in myself.

MN don't allow links to petitions in ordinary threads. You have to put the link in the "petitions" thread, then mention it in the ordinary thread.

I do appreciate the irony of me pulling you up on terminology in a post which I actually agree with, but it's really important we get away from using the term 'child pornography'. It can make it sound like just another category of porn, or give the impression it's in some way possible for children to consent to becoming a 'porn star', which of course they can't. I do know that you weren't implying either of these things, but if we can de-legitimise use of the phrase it makes that even clearer. They are always "images of child sexual abuse".

I'm fascinated by the way people are reacting to the op. Rather than be horrified at what pornhub have been allowing on their platform, women are objecting to the manner in which this has been brought to their attention.
It is microcosm of how women's behaviour is policed out in the world.
Your message might be ok, but look at how awful you are when you point it out!

I really appreciate the book recommendations on FWR.
I don't know what is going on on MN this week. There seems to be a noticeable increase in efforts to discourage women from speaking.

Book recommendations are not uncommon on FWR.

I've put the book on my wishlist.

The blatant book advertisement in the OP is off putting.

If she writes something worth reading why wouldn't you read her book?

It really is shocking, isn't it! It amazes me, especially in this day and age (good grief that made me feel old!) with AI and the like, as well as a much better sense of corporate responsibility, just what things Google will suggest for a user to look at. That, and how quick and eager Search seems to be to defeat it's own blocklist, which I guess is an evolution of the "people who clicked that also clicked this" functionality (I know I'm preaching to the choir here, even though I've not a clue how these things actually work.. sorry!)

Can you add a link to her petition in AIBU she’s pretty close to her goal? Probably the best way to support her work and get rid of Pornhub and similar.

Thank you for highlighting. I’ve signed the petition.

He does know.

He just does not care

ExH was into rape porn (which is why he’s my ex) and I know pornhub was the one of the main sites he used. He always maintained that he was in the right and there was nothing wrong with what he was doing. Everyone did it, etc.

He left the history on the computer, which is how I discovered he was into this. I saw a few of the things he watched and remember reporting one as the girl looked to be quite young, under 18.

Reading this thread is tough. It just confirms what I thought all those years ago. I wish exH could read this. I wish he could finally realise its not ok and just how wrong it really is.