NY Times Editorial Against Pornhub

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/...l?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

Specifically the editor of the NY Times was targeting underage content and rape videos. There are lots of good comments on the article by readers. I apologize if this has already been posted here.

 

This was my comment on the topic:

Porn is a major scourge in 2020; sites dedicated to that genre, generally "sharing" sites like Pornhub, represent around 1/3 of all internet content. The dangerous and illegal trade in child porn has been prosecuted at a far lower rate during the Trump years for whatever reasons. The human body is not fully developed until girls and guys are in their 20s so why isn't that used as a proper standard of acceptable ages for at what age they can be shown? It is time that porn be examined in terms of social value and effect. I have heard boys in their mid teens say that all of their peers have a porn addiction. That is a really scary thing to hear. We prize quality education for our youth, however threats to that development are not being taken seriously enough. Addictions to screens and modern entertainment in general are bad enough; porn is particularly addictive and socially distorting in terms of all relationships. Once again unregulated business activity and those who claim that local control only, are the problem. A trade that crosses all types of geographical boundaries needs to be heavily regulated with hefty penalties for those who break common sense rules.

 

Hopefully the credit card companies will pull their connection to the Canadian company: https://www.newser.com/story/299677/mastercard-we-might-take-action-on-pornhub-claims.html

 

I doubt it; they are the most visible, that is why they are going after them.

Here are the Alexa ratings compared to others; https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/pornhub.com

 

Some positive updates on new regulations by the US and Canada: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/...l?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage