XTube, a pornography site, owned byMindGeek, will shut down permanently on September 5.
But the clues are there.
MindGeek hascontroversiallybecome the largest pornography business in the world.
Over the past several years, MindGeek has been embroiled in a series of lawsuits.
A large number of these concentrate on the fact that MindGeeks sites host illegal content.
This includes, but is not limited to, rape, child sexual abuse, and revenge porn.
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The most recent caseis from June this yearbut lawsuits in this vein arefar from a new trend.
Whats particularly interesting is how quiet XTube is being about this.
Lesson: If you cant operate legally, you cant operate at all.
According to this quote, legal issues have nothing to do with the closure of XTube.
But lets be honest: would MindGeek say if they did?
In other words, theres bound to be a raft of illegal content sitting on the site.
The world of online pornography needs regulation, and more measures to protect vulnerable people from abuse.
The closure of XTube is a sign things are moving in the right direction.
When the businesses it took content from started to struggle, MindGeek then purchased them at severely reduced prices.
This all led to the consolidated online porn market we see today.
Pornography sites must be responsible for the content they host.
And hopefully the shuttering of XTube is another step towards making this a reality.
