Pornhub’s official Instagram account was permanently removed, and the account was initially disabled for a week. Instagram says Pornhub has repeatedly violated policies regarding nudity, adult content, and sexual solicitation but doesn’t explain.
PornHub’s Instagram is trying to leave and visit their site, which is against their terms of service. They have been doing this for the past decade. An account has also gotten multiple warnings over the past decade. Pornhub responded that they never violated Instagram’s community guidelines. Mainstream accounts like Kim Kardashian’s feature nudity and overt sexuality content without repercussions.
PornHub published an open letter on Twitter, asking Meta to explain the shadowban, ban, and removal of adult content creators’ accounts from Instagram and calling it “opaque, discriminatory, and hypocritical” and an unfair move over the years.
Pornhub’s Instagram account has again been disabled due to violating community guidelines. The same happened with Pornhub in June 2021. Surprisingly, the reason for disabling it was pretty similar to this one. However, at that time, Pornhub’s Instagram account was removed for less than a day, but this time it was extended.
Subsequently, we know that Instagram strictly prohibits nudity and sexual content. But if you look over the Instagram Pornhub account, then you’ll find it has not shared any pornographic posts. Despite this, Instagram banned the Pornhub account. So, we tried to gather the right reason and, luckily, got something. So, let’s start by explaining the exact cause.
Instagram disabled Pornhub account; reason not confirmed.
After getting removed from Instagram, Pornhub’s spokesperson said, “Our account has been banned as usual.” The spokesperson did not cite any specific reason. Because they treat this removal the same way they did the previous ones. On the other hand, Instagram has not confirmed any reason for this.
But an Instagram account with 13 million followers and a following of around 6,000 can’t be underestimated. So, we search for a genuine reason to find the main reason. Following that, we discovered that Laila Mickelwait (the campaign leader to shut down porn) tweeted that Instagram had banned Pornhub for violating community guidelines.
If you know, Laila Mickelwait is the director of an NPO (Exodus Cry) that works against sex trafficking. And the Daily Beast report says Exodus Cry aims to remove porn from the internet. Moreover, Mickelwait said they mainly seek to hold Pornhub’s parent company, “Mindgeek,” which is spreading illegal content.
From such an evaluation, we conclude that Exodus Cry is not against the legal porn industry. But they want to shut down Pornhub for its illegal content. But this time, Pornhub’s account was mainly removed due to disturbing child sexual abuse material. It was alleged by Mindgeek that they get profit from filmed videos by further uploading them to Pornhub’s website.
PornHub’s Instagram account is permanently disabled on Instagram.
Meta permanently removed Pornhub’s official Instagram account; the account was initially disabled for a week. Instagram says Pornhub has repeatedly violated policies regarding nudity, adult content, and sexual solicitation but doesn’t explain.
Meta claims PornHub’s Instagram is trying to leave and visit their site, which is against their terms of service. They have been doing this for the past decade. An account has also gotten multiple warnings over the past decade. Pornhub responded that they never violated Instagram’s community guidelines. Mainstream accounts like Kim Kardashian’s feature nudity and overt sexuality content without repercussions.
Furthermore, in 2020, numerous credit card companies, like Visas, will have more void agreements with Mindgeek. Later on, Mindgeek’s CEO and COO also resigned, so the company lost its succession. Meanwhile, Pornhub has faced a lot of ups and downs in the last few years. However, the primary issue is with its parent company, Mindgeek. So let’s see when Pornhub comes back on track.
PornHub published an open letter on Twitter, Asking Meta to Explain the shadowban, ban, and removal of adult content creators’ accounts from Instagram, calling it “opaque, discriminatory, and hypocritical” and an unfair move over the years.
Instagram’s Community Guidelines
“We know that there are times when people might want to share nude images that are artistic or creative in nature, but for a variety of reasons, we don’t allow nudity on Instagram.” According to Variety, Pornhub published videos on Instagram to become adult actors. In contrast, Instagram bans accounts for recruiting porn actors on the platform. They called this an unfair move and signed the letter, including the Free Speech Coalition, Riley Reid, King Noire, and 63 other activist groups. This potentially hurts creators’ livelihoods, especially for those for whom Instagram is one of the essential marketing tools.
Instagram’s community guidelines
“We know that there are times when people might want to share nude images that are artistic or creative in nature, but for a variety of reasons, we don’t allow nudes on Instagram.”
According to Variety, Pornhub published the video on Instagram to become an adult actor, and Instagram banned accounts for recruiting porn actors on the platform.
They called this an unfair move and signed the letter, including the Free Speech Coalition, Riley Reid, King Noire, and the other 63 activist groups. This potentially hurts creators’ livelihoods, especially for those for whom Instagram is one of the essential marketing tools.