Popular porn site xHamster receives a court order to ``delete all amateur videos posted without consent''

Popular porn site xHamster with more than 10 million members has been ordered by a Dutch court to remove all videos featuring people who cannot clearly confirm their consent to posting pornography and videos of private sex. reportedly ordered.

Popular porn site must delete all amateur videos posted without consent | Ars Technica

xHamster to delete amateur videos in the Netherlands | Mashable

In a ruling dated April 12, 2023, the Amsterdam Court told xHamster, We prohibit the distribution of videos that show private sexual acts, not professionally made ones,' and ordered the relevant videos to be deleted from the site.

The ruling comes after the Dutch Online Child Abuse Agency (EOKM) sued xHamster after it discovered 10 videos posted by amateur performers that could not be verified as having permission to post on xHamster. It is a result of the In response, xHamster submitted a letter of consent for 1 out of 10 videos, which the court did not find valid.

The Amsterdam Court then ruled that xHamster 'violates legal precedents requiring porn sites to obtain permission from all performers before posting amateur videos, and also violates EU privacy law.' I made the decision.

If xHamster does not comply with the court order and does not delete all applicable videos within 3 weeks, it will be fined up to 30,000 euros (about 4.44 million yen) per day per video. Become.

Arda Gerkens, head of EOKM, said: 'Victims whose footage has been released without their consent often don't even know it's been posted online, so take the illegal footage offline.' We hope this ruling will make it easier to get these videos removed and make it clearer which sites are not complying with privacy laws.'

Meanwhile, xHamster did not respond to media inquiries, but industry groups have also questioned the ruling. According to Ars Technica, an IT news site that reported this case, xHamster can not create an account without uploading an ID card or registering a self-portrait. In addition, only professional producers and certified members can upload content, and the terms of use stipulate that ``the uploader must obtain consent from all identifiable individuals.'' .

Mike Stabil, director of public relations for the American porn industry lobby group Free Speech Coalition, told foreign media Mashable, ``xHamster seems to have the most rigorous level of content verification system in the industry. Nor is there any evidence that the site does not remove consensual content when it is flagged.While we understand the concerns about illegal content, there is no proven consent, including on sites like Twitter. There are countless sites with adult or non-adult content, so it is always a concern for governments to target specific adult sites for Internet problems. There is,' he commented.