Laila Mickelwait
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So what happened was, I had been investigating this, my antennas were up, I was paying attention to this intersection between the pornography industry, sex trafficking, and child sexual abuse. At the end of 2019, I began to hear some stories in the media that were very concerning, that really arrested my attention.
There was also at the same time an investigation done by the London Sunday Times that really caught my attention. And they found dozens of videos, illegal videos, dozens of illegal videos on the site within minutes, even children as young as three years old.
There was also at the same time an investigation done by the London Sunday Times that really caught my attention. And they found dozens of videos, illegal videos, dozens of illegal videos on the site within minutes, even children as young as three years old.
There was also at the same time an investigation done by the London Sunday Times that really caught my attention. And they found dozens of videos, illegal videos, dozens of illegal videos on the site within minutes, even children as young as three years old.
They had noted that they had found that there was over 100 instances that were cited in this particular investigation of category A level child sexual abuse. So category A level is not just children playing in a bathtub as bad as that would be on a porn site. But these are sadistic acts of harm to children meant to induce terror and pain. And I was just thinking about these cases.
They had noted that they had found that there was over 100 instances that were cited in this particular investigation of category A level child sexual abuse. So category A level is not just children playing in a bathtub as bad as that would be on a porn site. But these are sadistic acts of harm to children meant to induce terror and pain. And I was just thinking about these cases.
They had noted that they had found that there was over 100 instances that were cited in this particular investigation of category A level child sexual abuse. So category A level is not just children playing in a bathtub as bad as that would be on a porn site. But these are sadistic acts of harm to children meant to induce terror and pain. And I was just thinking about these cases.
And I was up late one night. taking care of my very fussy crying baby. And I was thinking about the question that was haunting me at the time. My dad was really wise and he said, assumption is the mother of all screw ups. We're assuming that this is all vetted content, but I had that question haunting me. And so I had an idea.
And I was up late one night. taking care of my very fussy crying baby. And I was thinking about the question that was haunting me at the time. My dad was really wise and he said, assumption is the mother of all screw ups. We're assuming that this is all vetted content, but I had that question haunting me. And so I had an idea.
And I was up late one night. taking care of my very fussy crying baby. And I was thinking about the question that was haunting me at the time. My dad was really wise and he said, assumption is the mother of all screw ups. We're assuming that this is all vetted content, but I had that question haunting me. And so I had an idea.
I said, I'm gonna test the upload system and see what it takes for myself to upload content to this site. And when I did that, I put my baby to bed, took out my laptop and my phone and tested the upload system. And I found out what millions of people already knew in under 10 minutes, That video was live on the site. It was a video of the rug and the keyboard.
I said, I'm gonna test the upload system and see what it takes for myself to upload content to this site. And when I did that, I put my baby to bed, took out my laptop and my phone and tested the upload system. And I found out what millions of people already knew in under 10 minutes, That video was live on the site. It was a video of the rug and the keyboard.
I said, I'm gonna test the upload system and see what it takes for myself to upload content to this site. And when I did that, I put my baby to bed, took out my laptop and my phone and tested the upload system. And I found out what millions of people already knew in under 10 minutes, That video was live on the site. It was a video of the rug and the keyboard.
And at that moment, everything made sense. And I realized that the site was infested with videos of real sexual crime and that Pornhub was not a porn site. It was actually a crime scene. And that's kind of how... Is there a difference? There is legal material. I mean, legal... Pornography is legal under the laws of the United States of Canada.
And at that moment, everything made sense. And I realized that the site was infested with videos of real sexual crime and that Pornhub was not a porn site. It was actually a crime scene. And that's kind of how... Is there a difference? There is legal material. I mean, legal... Pornography is legal under the laws of the United States of Canada.
And at that moment, everything made sense. And I realized that the site was infested with videos of real sexual crime and that Pornhub was not a porn site. It was actually a crime scene. And that's kind of how... Is there a difference? There is legal material. I mean, legal... Pornography is legal under the laws of the United States of Canada.
But when it's a child or when it's a non-consenting adult or when it's even filmed consensually and uploaded non-consensually, there's a spectrum of abuse. This was the business model. They were selling 4.6 billion ad impressions on Pornhub every day. And that was how they were generating their traffic.
But when it's a child or when it's a non-consenting adult or when it's even filmed consensually and uploaded non-consensually, there's a spectrum of abuse. This was the business model. They were selling 4.6 billion ad impressions on Pornhub every day. And that was how they were generating their traffic.
But when it's a child or when it's a non-consenting adult or when it's even filmed consensually and uploaded non-consensually, there's a spectrum of abuse. This was the business model. They were selling 4.6 billion ad impressions on Pornhub every day. And that was how they were generating their traffic.
Yeah. I mean, hundreds of millions of dollars a year is generated for MindGeek, ILO. How do you spell ILO? A-Y-L-O.