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Enslaved on OnlyFans: Women describe lives of isolation, torment and sexual servitude (www.reuters.com)

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OnlyFans says it empowers content creators, particularly women, to monetize sexually explicit images and videos in a safe online environment. But a Reuters investigation found women who said they had been deceived, drugged, terrorized and sexually enslaved to make money from the site. The findings are based on redacted U.S. police complaints and international court files, lawsuits and interviews with prosecutors, sex-trafficking investigators and women who say they’ve been trafficked.

In one prominent case, influencer Andrew Tate, with millions of followers worldwide on social media, is accused of forcing women in Romania to produce porn for OnlyFans and pocketing the profits. He has denied the charges.

Generating less attention are cases Reuters identified in the U.S., where some women endured weeks or months of alleged sexual slavery in ordinary-looking homes in quiet communities. The victim sometimes was a fiance or girlfriend, abused to pad the household budget, fund a couple’s retirement or cover children’s expenses, according to accounts in police or court files. Reuters is withholding the names of women who say they have been trafficked.

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Giving free database access to all law enforcement agencies.

There's also a problem of 15 year olds being on the platform and right now, cops and feds need to literally subscribe to each account individually. If they had broader access, they could run automated facial recognition to look for people on the missing persons register.

Onlyfans makes it difficult on purpose because they know there's shady stuff going on imo.