I think this article is a bit duplicitous about why big content platforms purged adult content. This only happened after laws like SESTA / FOSTA got passed and

I think this article is a bit duplicitous about why big content platforms purged adult content. This only happened after laws like SESTA / FOSTA got passed and I don't think they really wanted to do it. The porn purge reduced revenues and made services like tumblr even worse off. Before that they didn't really give a shit about it beyond CSAM. As far as payment companies go, the anti porn stance comes from Visa, Mastercard and Amex and their backing banks, and maybe US govt policy. If you want porn to have a safe space in the USA, get rid of laws like SESTA / FOSTA and prevent discrimination of payment processing on the basis of sex work. It's the political and finance industry that is ultimately responsible for this. Also I think if SV was hypothetically female dominated, the anti-sex work attitudes would actually be increased. AFAIK the groups that pushed laws like SESTA or FOSTA were definitely more female led. https://www.vox.com/2016/3/11/11203740/prostitution-legal-men-women-poll https://www.vox.com/2016/3/11/11203740/prostitution-legal-me...