Protesters demanding social media giants do more to curb deadly drug sales on their platforms will gather at the headquarters of Snapchat and in more than 30 other locations in cities across the nation.
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Some performers have raised concerns about how this method of verification would impact trans, gender non-conforming, and non-binary creators. Writing on Twitter, adult performer Dylan Thomas said: “Progress is good, however, as a trans person I m concerned by ‘using secure biometric tech’ for how trans/gnc/enby users’ UX whose govt IDs may not match and what that may look like. We’re often an afterthought in verification UXD.”
Responding to Thomas’ query, Yoti said: “We partnered with Sparkle (a transgender charity) a couple of years back to learn some of the challenges faced and how we could help.” In an article about the partnership, Yoti said it was “researching identity issues that are affecting the transgender community, and working to try overcome these challenges”. TBC what the outcome of that research was. Thomas has asked the company to expand.
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Pornhub has been on damage control ever since a
New York Times report published in December accused it of allowing the monetization of child exploitation, revenge porn and other illegal content with its lax policy enforcement. Now, the website has expounded upon the steps it has taken since then, including getting the services of a third-party firm called Yoti to verify the identities of users uploading content.
Shortly after the
NYT piece went out, Pornhub banned all uploads from unverified users and prevented people from downloading videos. It then removed millions of videos from its platform, all uploaded by unverified users and non-content partners. The website, and all the properties owned by its parent company MindGeek, now only accepts uploads by members of its Model Program, namely studio partners and verified users.
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LOS ANGELES Pornhub on Tuesday announced a series of safety and security policies that it says will set the standard for compliance programs in the technology and social media industries.
In a press release, Pornhub said these comprehensive measures for verification, moderation and detection will ensure Pornhub is the safest platform online, and at the forefront of combating and eradicating illegal content. The safety and security policies have been adopted across all of Pornhub’s parent company, MindGeek’s, properties.
These new measures come on the heels of the Pornhub’s recent unprecedented step of banning content from unverified uploaders, an industry first among tech and social media platforms.
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