According to O'Brien, videos of at least 11 of the women involved in the case are still hosted on Pornhub.Motherboard's investigation found that many women in Girls Do Porn videos erased their own online presences from the internet following doxing and bullying online, and private or public humiliation in real life.Girls Do Porn is one of Pornhub's most popular channels and continues to upload videos to Pornhub, with the most recent video uploaded two weeks ago. Pornhub also pitches Girls Do Porn content as a reason to buy its paid, premium membership that gives users access to videos that aren't available for free."I spiraled into a major depression, everyone made fun of me, my dad couldn’t even look at me, to this day some of my family wants nothing to do with me"
How the alleged Girls Do Porn fraud works
Just prior to filming, and after doing the model's makeup and hair, they [Girls Do Porn] present purported release agreements to sign and read to the young victims, which are missing terms, including price and their website – and while distracting the models, rushing the models, misrepresenting the content and alleged effect of the documents, and often having served the models alcohol (many of whom are underage – in fact, one plaintiff filmed the day after her 18th birthday, Mr. Pratt [one of Girls Do Porn's owners] and Defendants having recruited her to fly across the country for a sex video when she was a minor. Defendants provided her with a birthday cake during the filming process to emphasize her having just reached the age of consent).
How Pornhub enables doxing
On websites devoted to harassing and revealing the real identities of people in adult videos, internet users shared extensive personal information about women who were in Girls Do Porn videos, including photographs lifted from their social media accounts. This doxing led several of the women in Girls Do Porn videos to endure ongoing harassment, depression, and suicidal thoughts, according to court records, online posts, and an interview with Motherboard.Do you have a news tip regarding harassment, doxing or adult content? You can contact Samantha Cole securely on Signal at 646-926-1726, Twitter direct message, encrypted email at samleecole@protonmail.ch, or email sam@motherboard.tv
Motherboard has found that women in Girls Do Porn videos are still being doxed on Pornhub today despite the ongoing litigation.According to Pornhub's Terms & Conditions and a copy of the kind of contract partners like Girls Do Porn sign with Pornhub obtained by Motherboard, Pornhub retains the right to remove any video at any time."I have contemplated suicide. I have cut myself. I became depressed, could not leave the house, and considered dropping out of school. People started to message me with video screenshots or they would send screenshots to my friends making fun of me. My mom knows of the video, which shames and humiliates me. I had to drop out of college to avoid ongoing harassment from classmates. I have been harassed at work about the video to the point that I had to quit. I am now scared to apply for new jobs. I get random requests on social media from strangers asking me to have sex with them. I live in fear every single day that I will run across someone that knows about the video. I am trying to move to another state soon."
Pornhub did not answer Motherboard's specific questions about the doxing of women on its website. But Corey Price, a VP at Pornhub, said in a statement that “in instances that someone does upload non-authorized content or comes across non-consensual content, we encourage our users to flag such videos via our Content Removal submission form.”"There’s a massive amount of consensual porn—anything that has complaints around it should be removed without harming their business model."