confirmed Thursday that they would be banning all sexually-explicit content on the platform, beginning on October 1, 2021. The announcement was met with a lot of backlash from content creators, users and others as the new ban displaces sex workers that made the company billions with their sexually explicit content.On Friday, OnlyFans e-mailed all of its creators and went into detail about the new ban.
OnlyFans has defined"sexually-explicit content" as anything that"shows, promotes, advertises or refers to": actual or simulated sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, between persons of any sex;any exhibition of the anus or genitals of any person which is extreme or offensive;Related |The company explains in the e-mail that while creators have made over $5 billion since they first launched in 2016, banks and other financial institutions object to the content that the platform is hosting. This makes payouts more difficult to process.
OnlyFans also addressed sex workers directly in a tweet, saying once more that the policy change was"necessary to secure banking and payment services to support you." They added,"We are working around the clock to come up with solutions. #SexWorkIsWork."But this new statement only brought on more criticism from the community, with claims that OnlyFans never promoted or provided enough support for the sex workers that brought the traffic to the platform in the first place.
So instead of dropping Visa/MC you chose to drop us, the people who built your platform. You NEVER promoted us, only random fitness instructors and celebrities. WE brought the traffic. And you kicked us to the curb instead of standing up for us against the payment services.Many creators have already moved over to other platforms such as JustForFans and 4MyFans. However, multiple people have pointed out flaws and problematic issues tied to JustForFans.
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