Pornhub, Mindgeek Must Defend Child Porn Proposed Class Suit

A proposed class action brought by two victims of childhood sex trafficking against Pornhub and its parent company Mindgeek can proceed, an Alabama federal judge ruled, rejecting the pornography website’s attempt to evade liability under the federal Communications Decency Act.

The lawsuit was brought by two minor victims, one who was filmed while she was being drugged and raped, and another who was forced to participate in the creation of sexually explicit videos by a sex trafficker. The victims allege that Pornhub violated federal sex trafficking and child pornography laws because it owned, operated, and profited from websites that shared ...