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Pornhub Will Pay $5 Million Over Allegations of Hosting Child Sexual Abuse Material | Pornhub's parent company Aylo and its affiliates settled a lawsuit with the FTC and Utah that alleged the company "deceived users" about abuse material on the site.

Pornhub's parent company Aylo and its affiliates settled a lawsuit with the FTC and Utah that alleged the company "deceived users" about abuse material on the site.

In addition to the penalty fee, according to the proposed settlement, Aylo would have to “implement a program” to prevent CSAM and non-consensual imagery from being disseminated on its sites, establish a system “to verify that people who appear in videos or photos on its websites are adults and have provided consent to the sexual conduct as well as its production and publication,” remove content uploaded before those programs until Aylo “verifies that the individuals participating in those videos were at least 18 at the time the content was created and consented to the sexual conduct and its production and publication,” post a notice on its website about the FTC and Utah’s allegations, and implement “a comprehensive privacy and information security program to address the privacy and security issues detailed in the complaint.” Pornhub overhauled its content and moderation practices starting in 2020, after Visa, Mastercard and Discover stopped servicing the site and its network following allegations of CSAM and sex trafficking. Aylo supports vigorous enforcement against CSAM and NCM, and encourages the FTC and Utah DCP to extend their initiative to protect the public across the broader internet, adult and mainstream, fostering a safer online environment for everyone.

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