OnlyFans suspends its decision to ban explicit sex from October

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• OnlyFans Announces It Will Ban Sexually Explicit Content Starting In October

The OnlyFans platform, which puts content creators in contact with potential subscribers, has assured this Wednesday that it is suspending its decision to ban explicit sex from October, announced on August 19. The web has seen extraordinary growth during confinement, thanks in large part to the thousands of users who used it to sell self-recorded adult videos and images. OnlyFans said at the time that the prohibition of porn was due to the concerns of bankers and investors at a time when the company is looking for new investments, throwing thousands of creators of this type of content into confusion.

“Thank you all for making your voices heard.

We have obtained the necessary guarantees to support our diverse community of creators and we have suspended the policy change planned for October 1.

OnlyFans is synonymous with inclusion and we will continue to provide a home for all creators ”, the platform assured in a message posted on Twitter.

Thank you to everyone for making your voices heard.

We have secured assurances necessary to support our diverse creator community and have suspended the planned October 1 policy change.

OnlyFans stands for inclusion and we will continue to provide a home for all creators.

- OnlyFans (@OnlyFans) August 25, 2021

The company claims that two million content creators have earned more than $ 5 billion from its 130 million users.

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

Some voices have baptized the phenomenon as the

, in reference to the suppression of intermediaries between workers and clients.

OnlyFans is based in the UK, has 2 million creators and 130 million users, of which at least seven million pay each month, according to Axios.

Of the creators, there are 16,000 who earn at least $ 50,000 annually.

The page allows you to charge between $ 5 and $ 50 per month to subscribers.

80% of the profits go to the creators and 20% goes to the platform.

The rectification of the platform comes a few hours after the

published an interview with its founder, the British entrepreneur Tim Stokely, in which he stated that the responsibility for the prohibition of porn lay exclusively with financial institutions.

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