OnlyFans Announces It Will Ban Sexually Explicit Content Starting In October

Image of the OnlyFans application on a mobile phone.Tali Arbel / AP

The OnlyFans website has announced in a statement that it will ban sexually explicit content from October, Bloomberg announced this Thursday.

The crowdfunding platform, which allows content creators to obtain remuneration for their work by putting them in contact with potential subscribers, will not, however, veto nude images “within an acceptable use policy” that has yet to be defined and that it will be known in the next few days.

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- Bloomberg (@business) August 19, 2021

The UK-based website has seen exponential growth during the pandemic, largely based on the success of erotic videos and images.

Porn stars and sex workers found a way to connect directly with their clients and earn income on the platform.

But also musicians,

, gymnastics monitors or actors use it to offer their services at a time of general crisis of face-to-face services.

The company assures that two million content creators have obtained more than 5 billion dollars from its 130 million users.

Before the health crisis, the number of users was 20 million.

In the statement, the company notes that the changes come in response to concerns from bankers and investors at a time when OnlyFans is trying to raise more than $ 1 billion.

"To ensure the long-term sustainability of our platform and continue to host an inclusive community of creators and fans, we must evolve our content guidelines," he says.

The company is run by Tim Stokely, who founded it in 2016, and is owned by Ukrainian-American entrepreneur Leonid Radvinsky.

Last May, BBC News revealed alleged internal company documents that would prove that OnlyFans allows content moderators to give multiple warnings to accounts that post illegal content before deciding to close them.

The manual leaked to BBC News also asked workers to be more lenient with the platform's most successful accounts.

In December, adult content giant Pornhub deleted two-thirds of the videos from its platform after a

accused it of allowing the spread of sexual violence and child pornography.

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