{"id":466549,"date":"2022-06-22T17:38:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T14:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/top-pornhub-execs-exit-amid-underage-sex-video-accusations\/"},"modified":"2022-06-22T17:38:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T14:38:39","slug":"top-pornhub-execs-exit-amid-underage-sex-video-accusations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/top-pornhub-execs-exit-amid-underage-sex-video-accusations\/","title":{"rendered":"#Top Pornhub execs exit amid underage sex video accusations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ccb96e68ba\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ccb96e68ba\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/top-pornhub-execs-exit-amid-underage-sex-video-accusations\/#%E2%80%9CTop_Pornhub_execs_exit_amid_underage_sex_video_accusations%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Top Pornhub execs exit amid underage sex video accusations&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CTop_Pornhub_execs_exit_amid_underage_sex_video_accusations%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Top Pornhub execs exit amid underage sex video accusations&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The two top executives of Pornhub\u2019s parent company announced they were resigning on Tuesday amid mounting scrutiny of alleged underage and non-consensual videos on the site.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MindGeek chief executive\u00a0Feras Antoon\u00a0and chief operating officer\u00a0David Tassillo are leaving the company but will remain shareholders, MindGeek said in a statement. The company also made an unspecified number of layoffs on Tuesday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> posts from employees.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> comes after a string of disturbing reports on the alleged proliferation of underage and non-consensual videos on MindGeek\u2019s sites, which also include Brazzers, RedTube and YouPorn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2022\/06\/20\/the-fight-to-hold-pornhub-accountable\">New Yorker investigation<\/a> published earlier in June centered on the plight of a 15-year-old British girl who struggled to have explicit videos of herself removed from Pornhub and other sites after they were uploaded without her consent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/pornhub-ceo-coo-leave-02.jpeg?w=1024\" alt=\"Feras Antoon\" class=\"wp-image-22756120\" width=\"618\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/pornhub-ceo-coo-leave-02.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1232 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/pornhub-ceo-coo-leave-02.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=924 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/pornhub-ceo-coo-leave-02.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=616 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/pornhub-ceo-coo-leave-02.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/pornhub-ceo-coo-leave-02.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>MindGeek CEO Feras Antoon is leaving the company. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"734\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/pornhub-ceo-coo-leave-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"MindGeek COO David Tassillo is also leaving. \" class=\"wp-image-22756202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/pornhub-ceo-coo-leave-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/pornhub-ceo-coo-leave-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/pornhub-ceo-coo-leave-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>MindGeek COO David Tassillo is also leaving. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Luxembourg-based MindGeek is also staring down a $600 million class action suit filed last year on behalf of several alleged underage victims whose videos were reportedly shared on Pornhub without their consent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>The class representative in the suit, which was filed in Canada, is a woman who alleges that a video of her rape as a 12-year-old was posted to Pornhub, and who accused the site of being deaf to her pleas to take it down.<\/p>\n<p>The company also took a major hit in 2020 after Visa and MasterCard stopped processing payments for some of its sites due to concerns about illegal content. <\/p>\n<p>MindGeek <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/pornhub-parent-companys-ceo-coo-are-departing-as-scrutiny-builds-over-alleged-nonconsensual-content-11655852686?mod=tech_lead_pos1\">denied to the Wall Street Journal<\/a> that the departures of Antoon and Tassillo are related to accusations against the company.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMindGeek has more comprehensive and effective policies than any other major platform on the internet,\u201d the company said. \u201cMindGeek\u2019s executive leadership team will run day-to-day operations on an interim basis, with a search underway for replacements.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pornhub is the 15th most popular website in the entire world, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/top-websites\/\">according to SimilarWeb<\/a>, making the smut site more popular than TikTok and Netflix.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MindGeek, which is privately held, says its sites receive more than 115 million visitors each day. 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