[throwawaylolx]

>mixed with religious driven activism against sex work.

Is there any evidence that this played any significant part or is it just a conspiracy theory? The CEO said:

>“The change in policy, we had no choice — the short answer is banks,”

>Stokely claimed OnlyFans had been unfairly targeted by media reports into “incidents of illegal content” that failed to mention how porn-free social media platforms grapple with similar issues. “Banks read the same media as everyone else,” he said.

>Stokely said he would “absolutely” welcome porn back were the banking environment to change.

[judge2020]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28304164

[throwawaylolx]

That's just a link dump. Is there any evidence that their campaign is linked to the decisions made by OF?

[judge2020]

It's not a link dump, it's sources that aren't condensed HN comments.

If you really don't want to read them, maybe read the short Wikipedia excerpt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exodus_Cry#Traffickinghub_camp...

[throwawaylolx]

That's about Visa, MasterCard, and PornHub. This thread is about OnlyFans and _banks_, not payment processors. Are banks swayed by religious groups to block payments related to adult materials?

Edit: Also even for PornHub, it is alleged that Nicholas Kristof's actions [1] had an important impact on the decisions surrounding PornHub, and Kristof is a self-described progressive who doesn't seem to act on religious grounds, so I don't really see sufficient evidence that religious groups play a significant role at all.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Kristof#Child_pornogr...

[dillondoyle]

The more direct link is the reporting that hit PornHub and there is plenty of info on these religious / 'moral crusader' groups.

The NyTimes link below is opinion but it lays out facts and puts in the context of OF decision. It talks about the original nytimes PornHub op-ed by Kristof and his connections to anti-sex religious groups.

I think the rhetoric these groups use is very similar to the CP-as-an-excuse, but their goal ism't simply to remove illegal content (which everyone agrees is bad). It's to curb porn and sex work in general.

https://newrepublic.com/article/160488/nick-kristof-holy-war... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/24/opinion/onlyfans-porn-sex...

[throwawaylolx]

Opinion pieces can be framed to dictate whatever narrative the author wishes to promote, and a nice story isn't substitute for evidence.

[dillondoyle]

The original PH article was opinion as well. There are a ton of sources if you care to google, i included the recent NyTimes piece because it does list specific sources.