Really the Safest and most Inclusive Social Networking platform
Following allegations that child abuse photographs originated on the site, OnlyFans CEO argues the service is "really the safest and most inclusive social networking platform."
According to BBC Newsnight, child abuse photographs obtained on other websites originated on OnlyFans.
OnlyFans said that the BBC prohibited it from conducting an investigation because it refused to turn over material.
The platform stated that it has "substantially invested" in enhancing age and identity verification capabilities.
After BBC Newsnight claimed that unlawful information posted online originated from OnlyFans, the CEO of the site maintained it was the "safest" and "most inclusive" social networking platform.
According to a US investigator quoted by the BBC, they discovered 10 child abuse photographs on other sites, including one of a five-year-old kid and others around the age of 12, all of which they said were generated on OnlyFans. According to the investigator, who was not identified by the BBC, the photographs were discovered in roughly one hour.
According to Amrapali Gan, CEO of OnlyFans, "we actively engage with law enforcement; if someone thinks they can submit unlawful content, we will report them; we're genuinely the safest and most inclusive social networking site."
"When the BBC raised this anonymous claim, we asked them for evidence to enable us to investigate, determine if it was true, and take appropriate action to protect people online," OnlyFans said in a statement. "The BBC refused to provide any details or evidence, preventing OnlyFans from investigating this claim."
The BBC did not react quickly to Insider's request for comment.
The Newsnight investigator felt the photographs were generated within the last six months and included OnlyFans watermarks. They also claimed that there were "still gaps" in the platform's monitoring of illicit content, implying that it was "slipping through."
According to the research, four out of every five OnlyFans staff work on content control. OnlyFans' chief strategy officer, Keily Blair, told the BBC that the company had "substantially invested" in enhancing its mechanisms for validating age and identity, and that it did more than other social networking sites to prevent underage usage.
"One of the difficulties identified was being able to hand off the account that you've opened to someone else - that's no longer viable," Blair explained.
According to Simon Bailey, director of strategic engagement at the Child Rescue Coalition, an investigation conducted last year revealed that minors featured in and sold films on OnlyFans. However, he stated that a new leadership team was now in place and had taken action.
"They are monitoring everything using AI and human moderation to ensure that no abuses occur," Bailey explained.
In an October report, Ofcom, the UK's communications watchdog, stated that it was "encouraged" to see measures put in place by OnlyFans to combat child abuse content: "Ofcom is pleased to see a VSP [vertical service provider] taking steps to implement age verification processes that appear to be more robust than the traditional and much more prevalent self-declaration of date of birth."
Gan took over as CEO of OnlyFans when Tim Stokely stepped down in December 2021. The platform was launched in 2016 by a British businessman before being sold two years later to Ukrainian-American entrepreneur Leonid Radvinsky.
Radvinsky has collected more than $500 million in dividends from OnlyFans in less than two years, as people flocked to the network during the epidemic.
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