It was less than a week ago that OnlyFans announced its ban on sexually explicit content. But now the platform is backtracking its decision, following backlash from its adult content creator community.
“Thank you to everyone for making your voices heard. We have secured assurances necessary to support our diverse creator community and have suspended the planned October 1 policy change,” tweeted OnlyFans.
The platform continued saying that they “stand for inclusion” and will “continue to provide a home for all creators”. They also mentioned that “an official communication to creators will be emailed shortly”.
Previously, OnlyFans has stated that it will be prohibiting creators from posting material with “sexually explicit conduct”—something that they have been widely known for—because of a “mounting pressure from banking partners and payment providers”. This has resulted in a massive outrage, as many sex workers have depended on the platform to sell their content.
“This is despicable that they have used our content to make billions in revenue and now that they can’t ‘secure’ more, they are quite literally cutting off the hand that feeds them,” said Lizzi Downs, a single mom and adult content creator.
OnlyFans planned to ban sexually-explicit content starting 1 October 2021 before suspending the decision. However, it’s unclear if the platform will bring sexually explicit content back for good, as they used the word “suspended” instead of something more permanent.
Was this just a publicity stunt?
By turning back on their ban, it’s not clear either that the “mounting pressure from banking partners and payment providers” would still affect OnlyFans. This could mean that they could be sacrificing getting more revenue from potential investors, but they never specified.
The platform was also in some hot water after a BBC investigation recently that revealed that the platform was knowingly letting creators slide despite publishing illegal content which included bestiality involving dogs, and the use of spy cams, guns, knives and drugs. OnlyFans’ sudden flip flop might have something to do with the investigation, as the “banning porn” news seemed to have overshadowed the BBC coverage.
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