the data on which the reuters story is built or written goes back to 2019 . . . and onlyfans changed its verification procedures and tightened them up in 2022 or even also more recently. So the article in large part is telling us about things that happened between 2019 and sometime in 2022 . . . and the report does not relate to what onlyfans is doing now.

In order to establish the bad acts of the onlyfans in its current form you would have to restrict your study to what has taken place from 2023 to the present. Or, even more restrictive to 2024 to the present.

As for their taking off the vid of the guy rubbing your foot . . . I can offer a guess as to why they would remove that. Even though you think you have all the required verifications and ID things, the reviewer might say,

Well, we know who you are and we know the names of 1 or more of your subs and they are approved, but in this clip, we cannot match the face of an approved person with his hand or forearm . . . and so no one can actually prove that the guy with the hand rubbing your foot is actually the guy whom we have vetted and approved!

Maybe that is it; maybe not.

In this reuters article, it says that they reviewed 128 cases of alleged bad conduct resulting in police reports and other complaints . . . reportedly taking place from 2019 to 2023.

Of the 128, there were 3 convictions and in the case of 2 of the convictions, the alleged evil-doer was in jail for a day.

That means that over the time period of 4 or 5 years, there are about 130 reports of bad conduct sufficient to have a police report, and one person spent more than a day in jail after a sentence/conviction. So . . . that is actually pretty good, given the vast quantity of material on onlyfans during those 5 years. Yes? No? Not perfect, but very close.

So . . . a woman named Sammy is suing onlyfans for knowingly profiting off of a video of her being raped by two men, though the onlyfans has a TOS and the TOS says that no one can post non-consensual material or nudity of other people. In order for the two bad men to have posted the material, they had to violate the onlyfans TOS.

The rape allegedly took place spring break of 2022, or, prior to the upgrade in verification or increased enforcement of verification by onlyfans . . .

There is a guy or some guys who are friends and they believe in and practice rape of innocent or gullible women they might find in a bar or at events such as spring break gatherings on the beach. The men take a woman away and rape her while filming . . . and later post the video of the rape and make some money by selling it on onlyfans or other venues. They are caught and stopped.

Is onlyfans to blame? It does not seem to be very blameworthy, given that, so far.

Onlyfans should be shut down imo. They do not abide by consent at all. If a picture is sent by accident they will refuse to delete it. I've heard of someone accidentally sending a family photo with their children in it and OF refused to delete it. The normal thing to do would be if someone requests something to be taken down that their account put up then it gets deleted no questions asked.

This lawsuit and the issues raised in the article could have serious consequences for all fan sites, not just OF. While content moderation is always a challenge, the fact that they can instantly remove something as harmless as a hand rubbing a foot while failing to catch much more serious violations is disturbing. The case of Sammy is especially horrifying, and if people can fake IDs and bank accounts to get through the verification process, that’s a massive loophole that needs to be addressed.

The revenge porn issue is another major concern. While stricter verification requirements have helped in some cases, it's clear that the system still isn't foolproof. If OF ends up restricting content to strictly solo POV, that could significantly change the platform for many creators.

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