How safe are mainstream sites, such as P0rnhvb and Tvmb1r?

[Msgnz]

Hi all,

I have watched porn care-free for many years but have become increasingly worried by some of the content I've stumbled across in recent months on sites such as Pornhub and Tumblr. First of all, I generally don't tend to actively look for twink porn but coming across it is almost inevitable when browsing these sites. What disturbes me is how young a lot of the lads on these videos look and how some videos can be inappropriately labelled on these supposedly legit / 'safe' porn sites. For example, if you visit Pornhub Gay and search for an innocent term such as 'blond' the website will churn out 'Blonde little boy takes BBC' on the first page of results. In addition to this, I use Tumblr quite a lot for porn because I find that most users compile a good variety of decent quality stuff... however, I have stumbled across (I.e. Haven't actively searched for) some blogs which have questionable content, including terms such as 'rape'. I have reported videos and blogs to Pornhub and Tumblr (respectively) and nothing seems to have come of these actions.

This seems to beg the question of whether a) I'm being overly dramatic and worrying about an issue that these websites deem to be acceptable, or b) they do not have adequate resources or simply do not care that this potentially illegal content is being hosted on their website, putting users at risk of accidentally viewing content they'd rather not see and potentially getting into trouble for it.

Does anybody have a take on this? Also, are there any recommendations on websites which are 100% safe, as I no longer feel comfortable using these websites.

Many thanks,

Msgnz

 

[dargelos]

Mindgeek, owners of a lot of streaming sites, such as the hub of porn, are a massive operation making a million tons of money. Do you think they would risk anything that could damage those profits? I don't. They have nothing to gain from permiting non legal material and everything to lose. Remember, they are not based in Russia, if they were then you might have something to worry about, instead, they are based in countries like Canada that do obey laws. If a vid seems unpleasant then forget it and choose one of the million others instead, and relax.

Lighten up while you still can
Don't even try to understand
Just find a place to make your stand, and take it easy.

 

[absalom]

The question is how the owners of websites like P0rnhvb can verify the age of the performers. Is P0rnhvb responsible for what is released on its websites or are third parties responsible?

I see on camwebsites like Ch@turb@te et. al. sometimes boys that look very young. The problem is that young looking is not equal to underage. When I was 18 I looked like 14. Nevertheless, I sometimes get the feeling that not all the performers are of legal age.

 

[dargelos]

If the performer is getting tips, CB will not pass on the money until they get verification of age. ID can be faked of course but as long as the site has gone through the motions of complying with the 2257 law, the viewer can hardly be blamed if individual performers have faked their IDs.

 

[b4pxku4u]

People have raised some very good points here. However, unless we are completely sure that the performers are of legal age, it strikes me that the only thing we (as consumers) can do is to avoid sites we think may be breaking the law.