Daily: Taking down the Porn King

Adult video site Pornhub is the tenth most popular website in the world, with seven million clips uploaded every year. It’s also been accused of actively profiting from the abuse of women and young girls via its shady “amateur” videos. How can anyone hold Pornhub to account when its owner is all but anonymous? Tortoise’s Alexi Mostrous and Patricia Clarke tell Ros Taylor how they exposed the identity of Bernd Bergmair – chasing him down from China to New York City to just around the corner from their London offices.

• “Victims of abuse often have to get images of themselves taken down themselves.” 

• “Not only does Pornhub allow abusive content on their site, they fail to get rid of it quickly enough.” 

• “Pornhub’s model is inherently inconsistent with preventing abusive content." 

• “There’s a gap between the bubbly image Pornhub portrays and the anonymity of its owners.” 

Presented by Ros Taylor. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production

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