OnlyFans Drops Plan to Ban Porn Content Amid Creator Uproar
- London-based firm says it ‘secured assurances necessary’
- Founder had blamed banks for cracking down on sexual content
Social-media subscription service OnlyFans Ltd. reversed a decision to ban sexually explicit material, changing course after an uproar from creators and sex workers who had come to rely on the platform as a source of income.
Just last week the site said it would ban explicit content as of Oct. 1, shifting instead to a model that has increasingly relied on helping celebrities connect to their fan bases. That decision was forced in part because of pressure from “banking and payment services,” the London-based company had said.