Pornhub will only allow uploads from verified users, and content partners, and has disabled the ability the ability to download content from the platform — except for paid downloads by verified users —, the company announced in a blog post. In addition, the platform will also strengthen its content moderation practices. These changes follow a scathing New York Times report, which documented how Pornhub is replete with child sexual abuse material, and how people whose intimate clips end up on the platform face trauma for years to come. The report pointed out that because users can download videos from Pornhub, that content never really vanishes from the Pornhub, even if the platform takes it down, as someone else could just re-upload it. The restriction on downloads is significant in that context. “In tandem with our fingerprinting technology, this will mitigate…
