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An activist tried to take down trafficking on Pornhub. Did she do more harm than good?

Anti-trafficking Laila Mickelwait’s Traffickinghub campaign helped inspire lawsuits, investigations, and policy changes to eliminate videos rooted in abuse from making it onto Pornhub. So why is she so controversial? Josh Marcus reports.

The Independent UK

Can Porn Ever Be Ethical?

The new owners of one of the world’s largest adult sites are determined to make the company—and the rest of the industry—safer

The Walrus

Former teen beauty queen claims she was sex-trafficked and forced into porn

Kirsty Althaus claims she was raped, drugged and sex trafficked in a lawsuit bought against pornography platforms, yet another woman who was affected by Girls Do Porn

The Independent UK

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The co-founder of a Canadian private equity firm explains why he just acquired the internet's biggest adult entertainment site

Solomon Friedman of Ethical Capital Partners tells Fortune he sees big potential in the site—and even more in the tech that powers the sites.

Fortune

Pornhub purchased by private equity firm hoping to take the site in a new direction

Mindgeek, an IT company which owns Pornhub, was purchased Thursday by the private equity firm Ethical Capital Partners.

Tribune News Service

French minister to raise protection of minors with Pornhub's new owners

A French government minister will meet the new owners of the pornography website Pornhub to ensure minors are protected and that the site does not break any laws, he said on his Twitter account on Friday.

Reuters

Pornhub owner MindGeek sold to private equity firm

Buyer Ethical Capital Partners targets industries requiring ‘principled ethical leadership’

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