OnlyFans said on Saturday that after a few days of content sharing sites, if there are no sex workers, its platform “will not be what it is today.” Strongly opposed Announcing that pornographic content is about to be banned.
Since the controversial change, in the first message for sex workers, OnlyFans acknowledged that these users are an integral part of the company’s success.
“Without you, the OnlyFans community would not be what it is today. Policy changes are necessary to ensure the security of banks and payment services. We are working on solutions around the clock,” the platform tweeted with the hashtag “Sex” “Work is work. “
Dear sex worker,
Without you, the OnlyFans community would not be what it is today.
The policy change is necessary to ensure that banks and payment services provide you with support.
We work around the clock to come up with solutions.#SexWorkIsWork
— OnlyFans (@OnlyFans) August 21, 2021
The platform operates as a paid viewing service and was once hailed as revolutionizing the adult content industry. It announced on Thursday that it would start banning any content containing the following content “Sexual exposure” Start on October 1st.
The company said in a statement: “In order to ensure the long-term sustainability of the platform and continue to have an inclusive community of creators and fans, we must improve our content guidelines.”
“As long as they comply with our acceptable use policy, creators will continue to be allowed to post content that contains nudity. These changes are made to comply with the requirements of our banking partners and payment providers.”
This policy change shocked many people in the sex industry, who accused the company of failing to recognize sex workers as the reason for most of the platform’s initial success. According to its website, OnlyFans has paid $5 billion to more than 1.5 million creators (including Cardi B and Bella Thorne) and has 150 million users.
Some users Tell Weekly newspaper Earlier this week, they felt “insulted” and angry about the policy change and worried about what it would mean for the sex industry and its future livelihoods.
“I think sex workers built this platform and made it what it is now. I was completely abandoned. It’s really an insult,” Sarah, who shared the sexually explicit photos on the site, told Weekly newspaper. “This is worrying because as a source of income, it has always been a very clear lifeline, especially during a pandemic.”
Claire, who made customized explicit pictures on the website, also told Weekly newspaper, She felt that the company “rejected” adult content creators and said she would now be “completely unemployed.”
“I put in a lot of time and energy, and sometimes I shed tears. It made me confident in myself, and they didn’t even help us,” she added. “And now they are doing all this…like, they pulled the carpet out of us, and now we have made enough money for them.”
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According to the new guidelines, “explicit sexual behavior” includes actual or simulated intercourse, actual or stimulating masturbation, and extreme genital exposure.The company blames payment providers for new initiatives, such as Visa and Mastercard, Respectively, crack down on providing services to the online porn industry.
Myles Jackman, an obscenity lawyer who specializes in cases related to pornography, told Weekly newspaper The platform “takes the path of least resistance, from a sex worker website to an influencer website.”
It is not clear how the company plans to advance to address how the new changes will affect its sex worker user base.
Weekly newspaper Contacted OnlyFans for more comments, but did not respond to the publication in time.
