OnlyFans, an Instagram-like website where people have to pay to see a creator’s photos and videos, has been celebrated for giving sex workers control over who buys their content, and at what price. Unfortunately, though the content seems secure behind a paywall, swiping content creators’ explicit photos and videos from subscription-based platforms is relatively easy. People can download third-party apps for the task, and if those don’t work, a few basic coding tutorials can teach them how to surpass anti-theft technology. These images and videos then proliferate across the internet, on niche forums, Reddit threads, Discord servers, and Telegram groups with tens of thousands of participants. We spoke to 32 erotic content creators across Europe. Twenty-three of them have had their images and videos stolen and shared without their consent. They told us that the leaks happen daily. Content creators on the platform accuse the company, which claims it wants to be “the safest online platform,” of not implementing more effective anti-theft technology or more aggressively pursuing content thieves. While they appreciate the copyright infringement notices and efforts through affiliates like Ceartas, they feel abandoned in their struggle against a form of theft whose impact goes beyond economics. Read Polina Bachlakova, Kristina Böhmer, Mayya Chernboylskaya, and Apolena Rychlikova’s full reporting in partnership with Foreign Policy: https://ow.ly/p4N750VTzhi (fb)

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