LOS ANGELES — Content creator Mary Moody is among the adult performers interviewed by Thomas Fabbri for BBC News about credit card companies "blocking Pornhub payments and putting sex workers at economic risk."
The piece is titled, "Sex workers say 'defunding Pornhub' puts their livelihoods at risk" and seeks to explain how "the loss of revenue affects sex workers and how they make a living. Despite Pornhub changing their policy and only allowing content verified users only, three major credit card companies are blocking payments to the adult giant," explained a rep. "Many sex workers rely on the income they receive from tips, selling their content, fan clubs and views on Pornhub. While 'likes' are still being paid by advertisers, without the ability to sell their content, get tips, and offer other services, sex workers are losing exponential amounts of money. Even the ones earning less than $2K a month can’t pay their bills and survive."
"Mary has asked sex workers to make videos to let Mastercard, Visa and Discover hear their voices and understand the real issues," added the rep.
She is joined in the piece by Ginger Banks, June Liu, Valentina Nappi and Cara Vega.
"In the piece, Mary speaks out about what’s really going on, including the difficulty of switching to new platforms, how sex workers had no time to prepare for the fallout, and are losing years of followers they’ve built," the rep said. "Another critical element these ladies bring to light is what this is all about — shutting down adult and not abuse, trafficking and violence in a vapid campaign spearheaded by Exodus Cry."
Moody explained that Pornhub is "how many of our fans find us and is at the top of Google searches."
"It’s all about survival during the pandemic for many sex workers. I want to raise awareness of how it’s affecting us and hope that other mainstream publications, shows and sites will also cover this," she said. "The world needs to know and stand up with us against this huge injustice. Our fans and other sex workers have been working hard to get the message out there to credit card companies, in the hope they will really think about what they’re doing, reverse their decision, and help get sex workers back on their feet."
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