OnlyFans accused of sabotaging ‘rival adult stars’ as site hit with THREE lawsuits in US

ONLYFANS is facing three lawsuits over accusations that it sabotaged adult stars on rival platforms.

The adult-entertainment platform has been slammed with a set of lawsuits that allege it conspired with Facebook to “blacklist” performers’ accounts on rival sites.

Three lawsuits have been filed against adult-entertainment site OnlyFansGetty Images – Getty

The suits were filed by the Milberg Coleman Bryson Grossman law firm and brought against OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky and Fenix Internet LLC, which is responsible for paying creators on OnlyFans.

One suit was filed on behalf of FanCentro, a rival site to OnlyFans; the second suit was filed on behalf of three adult entertainment workers; a third suit was filed on behalf of Justfor.fans, another site similar to OnlyFans.

One of the accusations alleged that OnlyFans bribed employees at an undisclosed social media company to upload creators’ information and accounts to the Global Internet Forum to Counter-Terrorism (the GITFCT).

The GITFCT captures unique digital signatures from flagged content known as “hashes” and then uploads them to a database shared with 18 different members on the forum, including YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Snapchat.

If one of the 18 companies flags an image or video as offensive, the digital hash is shared with other members, who can then automatically or manually remove the content.

This practice has allegedly resulted in several social media accounts being disabled and a visible decrease in traffic on rival OnlyFans websites, the lawsuits claim.

Facebook has reportedly been served with a subpoena requesting copies of records showing OnlyFans’ rival websites included on lists of “Dangerous Individual[s] or Organizations,” according to the BBC.

The subpoena is also requesting internal documents of any payments OnlyFans representatives may have made to Meta, its executives, and employees.

An OnlyFans spokesperson denied the accusations, saying they have “no merit,” according to a report by SexTechGuide.

“We are not aware of any evidence which supports the allegations in these complaints. OnlyFans, Facebook, Meta [which owns Facebook] and the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism have publicly stated that these allegations have no merit,” the spokesperson said.

Similarly, Meta stated that “these allegations are without merit and we will address them in the context of litigation as needed,” according to LegalReader.

The GIFCT also added that the organization is “not aware of any evidence to support the theories presented in this lawsuit between two parties with no connection to GIFCT.”

“Our continuing work to enhance transparency and oversight of the GIFCT hash-sharing database is the result of extensive engagement with our stakeholders and has no connections to these claims,” the GIFCT spokesperson continued.

OnlyFans was founded in the UK in 2016 and quickly become one of the most popular adult entertainment sites in the world, especially during the COVID19 pandemic.

OnlyFans has previously come under hot water in 2021 when it announced that it would no longer permit explicit content on the platform before quickly changing its stance following backlash.

OnlyFans has come under hot water in the past after it announced that it would no longer permit explicit content on the platformAlamy

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