WASHINGTON, DC (September 3, 2025) – The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) commended the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for holding Aylo (Pornhub’s parent company) accountable for “misleading users about its efforts to block child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and nonconsensual sexual content (NCM)” in a major settlement announced today.
The FTC announced the settlement “includes a $5 million payment to Utah, a suspended $15 million penalty, and requirements to implement content-safety measures, age/consent verification, and enhanced data security protections.” The FTC also found that “Aylo failed to review videos flagged by users, did not ban uploaders of CSAM from further use of their websites, did not prevent the reupload of CSAM that Aylo had identified, and did not review all videos before they went live for CSAM or NCM.”
“The FTC settlement is a tremendous victory for sexual abuse survivors whose abuse material was ignored by Aylo/Pornhub. Pornhub’s deceitful claims that its content was legal have been exposed and gives further evidence that Pornhub will do all it can to protect its profit model that has relied on child sexual abuse material, rape, sex trafficking, and other non-consensual content,” said Haley McNamara, Executive Director and Chief Strategy Officer, National Center on Sexual Exploitation.
“Pornhub has a long track record of claiming its platform is safe. Once again, these claims are disproven. Pornhub deserves to be held accountable to the highest extent of the law. There are two class action lawsuits that have been certified in the United States, and other civil lawsuits against Pornhub for profiting from sex trafficking and child sexual abuse material. All survivors of Pornhub deserve justice. Today’s FTC action gets survivors one step closer to that,” McNamara said.
About National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE)
Founded in 1962, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is the leading national non-profit organization exposing the links between all forms of sexual exploitation such as child sexual abuse, prostitution, sex trafficking and the public health harms of pornography.
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