Two high executives on the parent company of main pornography web site Pornhub have resigned, the company mentioned Tuesday, amid scrutiny of alleged nonconsensual sexually express videos hosted on the location.
MindGeek Chief Executive Feras Antoon and Chief Operating Officer David Tassillo are leaving, the privately held company mentioned in a press release. The management modifications have been within the works since early 2022, MindGeek mentioned. Antoon and Tassillo will stay shareholders, the company mentioned.
Investigations by a number of information organizations, together with the New Yorker earlier this month, reported that Pornhub, one of the world’s hottest pornography websites, allegedly hosted videos that included nonconsensual and underage intercourse. The Wall Street Journal hasn’t independently verified the accusations in these articles.
A spokesman mentioned the departures aren’t associated to the accusations in opposition to MindGeek. The company mentioned it has enacted safeguards and that it removes incidents of baby sexual-abuse materials. “MindGeek has extra complete and efficient insurance policies than another main platform on the web,” the company mentioned.
MindGeek has greater than 1,000 workers and its community of websites attracts over 150 million every day guests, in line with the company. In addition to Pornhub, it additionally owns different well-liked porn websites such as RedTube and YouPorn.
An expanded version of this report appears on WSJ.com.
Also well-liked on WSJ.com:
Stocks historically don’t bottom out until the Fed eases.
Warren Buffett’s estate planning sends charities scrambling.
