BREAKING: 6 more underage sexual abuse and rape victims have separately sued P*rnhub, it’s individual owners, Visa, and multi-billion dollar hedge funds Redwood Capital, and Colbeck Capital, in federal court in California.
HOLD THEM ALL ACCOUNTABLE.
Take time to read the horrific details in the 100+ page complaints linked below that lay out the way P*rnhub operated as a “Criminal Enterprise” and the facts demonstrating that the defendants all KNEW they were profiting from the mass distribution of child abuse, rape and sex trafficking, yet chose to put their profits over the lives of victims.
For the never-before-told inside story of how these cases came to be you will want to read Takedown being released by Penguin Random House/Thesis on July 23. https://t.co/GVoSiL1an0
#Takedown #Traffickinghub
❤️SHE MATTERS: UNNAMED WOMAN!❤️
On June 1, a 36-year-old unnamed mum-of-three was in Darwin to attend sorry business following the death of a relative some weeks earlier.
That evening, her partner allegedly ended her life. Not only is he accused of murdering the woman, he's also charged with raping her.
She is the 40th Australian woman killed this year and she was the first of four women killed over the weekend of June 1-2.
As I write, a total of 43 women have been lost to violence in 2024.
The woman had travelled to the Darwin suburb of Coconut Grove from her homeland of Maningrida.
The woman was a respected, valued and loved community member and also training in the ADF's North West Mobile Force.
RIP UNNAMED WOMAN! ❤️
❤️Australian Femicide Watch: https://t.co/QJ2OuxMB8C
❤️The Memorial to Women and Children Lost to Violence: https://t.co/QJ2OuxMB8C
❤️The Australian Femicide & Child Death Map: https://t.co/HUEd7YnyWr
I document ALL unlawful deaths of women and children, regardless of perpetrator gender or relationship between the person killed and the accused. This means not every death is due to domestic and family violence. Australians are also killed by strangers, friends, colleagues, neighbours and other people known to them.
IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW NEEDS HELP PLEASE CALL:
❤️1800 Respect National Helpline: 1800 737 732
❤️Women's Crisis Line: 1800 811 811
❤️Men's Referral Service: 1300 766 491
❤️Mensline: 1300 789 978
❤️Lifeline (24 hours): 131 114
Let’s make 2024 the year we finish the job and shut down P*rnhub!!
Summary of P*rnhub’s reckoning so far:
-10.6 million videos taken down (80% of the site)
-30+ million images taken down
-Cut off by Visa, Mastercard, Discover, PayPal
-Sued by 257 victims in 12 lawsuits across U.S., Canada and UK totaling billions in potential damages
- Criminally charged by the U.S. federal government for profiting from sex trafficking
-Thousands of media articles written exposing P*rnhub’s criminality
-Lost all mainstream advertisers
-Permanently kicked off Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok losing 14 million followers/subscribers
-Cut off by Grant Thornton, Roku, Comcast/Xfinity, Kraft Heinz, Unilever and many more businesses
-CEO and COO forced to resign
-Secret shareholder found and exposed
-Forced to change upload process and forced to start verifying those in new videos uploaded
-Company sold at a discount to hastily concocted private equity firm laughably called Ethical Capital for a desperate whitewashing
AND WE AREN’T DONE YET
#Traffickinghub movement is growing—we had almost 200 million views and engagements in 2023.
Let’s keep the pressure on until we SHUT IT DOWN. Then we must put age and consent verification policies in place to ensure this atrocity never happens again.
That’s why we spearheaded this Open Letter calling on the Government to reverse its unacceptable decision. It was signed by almost 50 leading child protection and women’s safety experts and advocates. You can find it below. Let’s keep up the pressure!
https://t.co/89pNAVulcM
It's #SaferInternetDay! @eSafetyOffice. 🔗Join one of the ESafety Commissioner's free webinars for parents and carers. These live webinars give parents and carers the knowledge, skills and tools to support their children to have safe online experiences. https://t.co/f3Lg3d67eG
‘Fast fashion giant SHEIN is under fire for selling 'sexy' clothes and padded bikinis designed for girls as young as six months.’
https://t.co/IXQsCnBEaY
My paper with @DelanieWoodlock and Christian now published in VAW - we explore the intersection of domestic violence and child sexual abuse material offending, from the perspective of women who found out that their partner or family member is an offender https://t.co/0hT6tLigFf
If anyone can get the US government to take deepfake porn seriously, it’s Swifties
Their collective anger over AI-generated sexually explicit images of Taylor Swift may help spur changes to federal law when it comes to deepfake porn #TaylorSwiftAl
https://t.co/WG2KWIa4V8
“The risk children face from unregulated and unsafe AI is already far too high, and their safety and experiences must be at the centre of conversations about its development and regulations."
https://t.co/2AAq8Irjoi
Hey @lonelykidsclub - I get that you're trying to be cool and edgy but the "Be a slut" tee is a really irresponsible message to be pushing out via your merch. You spout a lot about #ethics on your site. How about you exercise some #corporatesocialresponsibility and ditch these?
@bairdjulia @ellenmfanning My 93 year old Dad and 90 year old mama will miss The Drum so much. Part of their nightly routine and always engaging. Too sad.
We’ve published a first-of-its-kind report into what influences young people’s attitudes towards domestic abuse, proving a direct link between the viewing of harmful misogynist content and the normalisation of unhealthy behaviours in relationships https://t.co/4hEmzare8F