It's a tricky issue. I think the measures they've announced to verify identities when uploading are probably the biggest thing they could do without a complete change of business model.
It's a tricky issue. I think the measures they've announced to verify identities when uploading are probably the biggest thing they could do without a complete change of business model.
This can probably be faked or abused (if your abusive ex is in the video, so is their face scan) so you'd need a proper face scan of everybody in the video attached to the account. That can be tricky as there are plenty of videos where faces are intentionally not visible, but I suppose certain kinks could be sacrificed to get verification going.
You can put weird stuff on YouTube much easier than you can on Pornhub. Tag any sexy poses as "naked yoga", edit some free spiritual music underneath it and you've got yourself a YouTube video.
Then that identity data is breached and exploited like Ashley Madison.
The technology is there, it works reasonably well to at least take down the majority of material, and given the impact that the circulation of non-consensually taken material has it should really be a requirement for Pornhub and friends (aren't they all one and the same holding company anyway these days?) to maintain such systems and offer reasonable turnaround times. For known material or "compilation"-type videos, it should even be possible to implement a content-id like system.
It is absolutely ridiculous to me that any porn tube site is/was allowed to operate without verifying identity, or at least somehow verifying age. If that makes their current business model unviable, then that business model should fail, because enforcing that all parties be verified >18 and consenting seems like the bare minimum for hosting adult content in a civilized society.
Also, the moment HK leaks, your screwed. And the moment anyone leaks, the whole system breaks down: if I can get you're ID, I can open accounts in your name. So then o can upload anything, and the police will come looking for you...