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Pornhub is owned by a Canadian company. Could the owners block US access to protest Trump’s takeover hopes?

Pornhub’s troubled parent company MindGeek, since rebranded as Aylo, was acquired by Montreal-based Ethical Capital Partners equity group in March 2023

The Independent UK

Porn companies must take strong action to protect privacy and prevent future harms

At a time of increased emphasis on buying Canadian, the country’s porn consumers can presumably rest easy. A Canadian business, Ethical Capital Partners (ECP), owns the world’s largest porn website, Pornhub. But do Canadian porn users have nothing to worry about?

The Conversation

An activist tried to take down trafficking on Pornhub. Did she do more harm than good?

Anti-trafficking Laila Mickelwait’s Traffickinghub campaign helped inspire lawsuits, investigations, and policy changes to eliminate videos rooted in abuse from making it onto Pornhub. So why is she so controversial? Josh Marcus reports.

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Can Porn Ever Be Ethical?

The new owners of one of the world’s largest adult sites are determined to make the company—and the rest of the industry—safer

The Walrus

Former teen beauty queen claims she was sex-trafficked and forced into porn

Kirsty Althaus claims she was raped, drugged and sex trafficked in a lawsuit bought against pornography platforms, yet another woman who was affected by Girls Do Porn

The Independent UK

The co-founder of a Canadian private equity firm explains why he just acquired the internet's biggest adult entertainment site

Solomon Friedman of Ethical Capital Partners tells Fortune he sees big potential in the site—and even more in the tech that powers the sites.

Fortune

Pornhub purchased by private equity firm hoping to take the site in a new direction

Mindgeek, an IT company which owns Pornhub, was purchased Thursday by the private equity firm Ethical Capital Partners.

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French minister to raise protection of minors with Pornhub's new owners

A French government minister will meet the new owners of the pornography website Pornhub to ensure minors are protected and that the site does not break any laws, he said on his Twitter account on Friday.

Reuters

Pornhub owner MindGeek sold to private equity firm

Buyer Ethical Capital Partners targets industries requiring ‘principled ethical leadership’

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