Anti-trafficking expert Laila Mickelwait’s “Traffickinhub” petition to shut down Pornhub is now gaining popularity as it has reached one million mark. The porn site was reportedly enabling and profiting from the sex trafficking and rape of women and children on the site.
The campaign is powered by the anti-trafficking organization Exodus Cry. The website was reported for several of child rape and sex trafficking cases, and the campaign was supported by over 300 anti-trafficking, child protection, and women’s rights organizations in the United States, Canada, Australia, the UK, Europe, and Latin America.
Mickelwait said that all it takes to upload on Pornhub is an email address, anybody can upload anything on the website. She also says that Pornhub doesn’t bother to verify the age and consent of the people featured in the video, which is heart-wrenching.
“All it takes to upload content to Pornhub is an email address—no government-issued ID is required. Pornhub doesn’t bother to reliably verify the age or the consent of the millions featured in the videos it hosts and profits from, yet it monetizes those videos with no questions asked. The site is set up for exploitation and is infested with videos of the real rape, trafficking, abuse, and exploitation of women and children. We have evidence and it is just the tip of the iceberg,” says Mickelwait. “Shut it down.”
“Pornhub is in the business of commodifying and monetizing violence against women and children. There is no place for Pornhub in a world committed to sexual equality, dignity, and social justice,” reads the Mickelwait’s latest tweet
Videos of underage and trafficked women and children are a common occurrence on Pornhub. #Pedohub #Traffickinghub https://t.co/OmmkCRLGiW pic.twitter.com/xIQ7M1p4wO
— Laila Mickelwait (@LailaMickelwait) June 11, 2020
