On June 10, the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics released its long-awaited report into Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Government’s WE Charity scandal.
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Canada s privacy watchdog said Monday it is investigating Pornhub over possible breaches involving the posting of sexually explicit videos online without the consent of people featured in them.
Commissioner Daniel Therrien revealed his probe of the world s largest porn site and its Montreal-based parent MindGeek at a parliamentary committee hearing.
His office, however, declined to provide any details to AFP.
The Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics has heard testimony from several women claiming that Pornhub ignored their requests to have videos removed from the site.
A Pornhub logo is displayed at the company s booth at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on January 24, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada. | Getty Images/Ethan Miller
Sexually violent pornography scripts are commonly promoted on the main pages of Pornhub and other widely accessed porn sites, according to a newly published analysis that found questionable content that could be deemed criminal violations.
The British Journal of Criminology published an article on Sunday titled “Sexual violence as a sexual script in mainstream online pornography,” which analyzes the presence of sexually violent material on major pornography sites.
Fiona Vera-Gray, an assistant professor at the Department of Sociology of Durham University in the United Kingdom who specializes in the subject of sexual violence, was the lead author.
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