Ben Sasse calls on DOJ to investigate Pornhub over alleged videos showing 'victims of trafficking being raped'

Sen. Ben Sasse has called on the Department of Justice to investigate Pornhub for allegedly streaming acts of rape and exploitation. The Nebraska Republican sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday arguing for an investigation into the pornography site’s practices. Sasse also called for an investigation into Pornhub’s parent company, MindGeek, which is headquartered in Luxembourg.

"In several notable incidents over the past year, Pornhub made content available worldwide showing women and girls that were victims of trafficking being raped and exploited," he wrote. "The problem of Pornhub streaming content featuring women and children victims of sex trafficking reached the point in November that Paypal cut off services for Pornhub, refusing to facilitate this abuse any longer."

The online financial service PayPal cut off business with Pornhub after finding that the pornography site was using the platform to make unauthorized transactions. Pornhub later said it was "devastated by PayPal’s decision to stop payouts to over a hundred thousand performers who rely on them for their livelihoods." "Pornhub must not escape scrutiny. I therefore request that the Department open an investigation into Pornhub and its parent entity MindGeek Holding SARL for their involvement in this disturbing pipeline of exploiting children and other victims and survivors of sex trafficking," Sasse said.

The website was accused on Monday of allowing people committing crimes such as sex trafficking and rape to post videos to the platform. "This is a company that is generating millions in advertising and membership revenue, and yet they do not have an effective system in place to verify reliably the age or consent of those featured in the pornographic content it hosts," said Laila Mickelwait, founder of the activist group Exodus Cry. MindGeek denied the accusations, saying in a statement: "Pornhub has a steadfast commitment to eradicating and fighting non-consensual content and under-age material. Any suggestion otherwise is categorically and factually inaccurate."

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ben-sasse-calls-on-doj-to-investigate-pornhub-over-alleged-videos-showing-victims-of-trafficking-being-raped

World's biggest porn site under fire over rape and abuse videos

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/mar/09/worlds-biggest-porn-site-under-fire-over-videos-pornhub

Coronavirus email scams: Secret Service warns to beware of fraudsters

The Secret Service warned the public to be on the lookout for emails that claim to contain information on the coronavirus but are instead fraudulent attempts to gain remote access to computers and email accounts. "Cyber criminals are exploiting the coronavirus through the wide distribution of mass emails posing as legitimate medical and or health organizations," the Secret Service wrote. "The coronavirus is a prime opportunity for enterprising criminals because it plays on one of the basic human conditions … fear. Fear can cause normally scrupulous individuals to let their guard down and fall victim to social engineering scams, phishing scams, non-delivery scams, and auction fraud scams."

The Secret Service is a federal law enforcement agency within the Department of Homeland Security known best for guarding the president and other major government officials. However, its agents at the Global Investigative Operations Center also probe currency and fraud matters. In one instance reported to the federal agency, victims received an email from a bogus medical organization that contained attachments with what it described as important information about the global epidemic. The danger, the agency said, was that when victims clicked on the attachments, malware would be automatically installed on their device. Once malware is installed, it opens that person up to more cybercrimes, including the theft of work-related and personal information and account takeovers that may include a ransom demanded by the cyberthief.

The growth in companies asking employees to work from home to avoid getting or sharing the virus also increases the chance of cybercrime, the Secret Service said. Teleworking depends on email communication, and employees should pay attention to emails sent to work accounts that are from people they do not know.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/coronavirus-email-scams-secret-service-warns-to-beware-of-fraudsters

>>8368532

You have not thoroughly read the information, I see, how about a 14yr old girl getting raped and it being posted to that very website…CARENOW, ASSHOLE!

>>8368573

Concur..I also think this just might also correlate with the indictments.

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>>8368606

WOW…just wow! I really think you need to expand on that one…What does 8 chan have to do with this…The 8 chan issue was gun violence that was being posted by the 3 letter agencies and being blamed on anons!

>>8368608

Not sure what you are saying here anon, the town I grew up in has a NG station..Most of their travel is done during the evening hours..

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>>8368769

Who was in Hawaii at the time..will answer your question..