[PaulHoule]

You can be utterly destroyed if your “performers” are under 18 and doing ‘nasty’ things. So that’s not a matter of being ethical it is a matter of survival.

So far as the other things a platform like that can create a lot of trouble in other ways.

Personally I would go either “all adult” or “no adult” in the case that moderation in the second case is easier.

[cosmorocket]

But, how do random video chats deal with this? I can click agree button even if I am under 18, nothing can stop me, and I don't go through verification process, so in theory the site can be easily abused. I know there is "Report" button usually, but is that the main way of detecting this kind of misuse behaviour for the site operators? What if nobody never clicks "Report" button even if there is illegal action happening?

To broaden the discussion, when I use Telegram or Whatsapp, I don't go through any verification process and again, anyone can show anything to anyone. Whose responsibility and liability is to detect such things and what consequences can be?

[PaulHoule]

Mainly

https://www.eff.org/issues/cda230

1-1 communication is what it is. If you want to stop people from sexting you need something unreasonable like

https://chatcontrol.dk/en/

I do contrast the failure of what people described as "audio" apps like Clubhouse to the success of OnlyFans and such. It would be interesting to see if the same tech could be successfully applied to a different mark. Call me prudish, however, but I just wouldn't want to deal with the bullshit that comes along with other people's online sexual behavior.