Summary

An investigator reported 26 OnlyFans accounts suspected of hosting child sexual abuse material (CSAM), leading to their removal within a day.

The accounts reportedly featured underage-looking individuals or content suggesting child exploitation.

OnlyFans claimed to verify creators’ ages through strict processes but faced criticism for profiting from imagery that mimics underage characteristics, which experts say normalizes pedophilia.

Despite content moderation claims, Reuters found additional concerning profiles, with 49 removed after inquiries.

Critics argue the platform must address coordination between accounts and better enforce protections against potential exploitation.

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    Some of the accounts were linked to each other through promotional posts, suggesting they may have been controlled by the same person or group, Richardson said.

    I was skeptical until I got here.

    The images in the accounts featured females with physical attributes typical of those under the age of 18, Richardson said. Most had narrow hips and lacked physical maturation, he said. Many had narrow shoulders or appeared to be “well short of five feet tall,” he said.

    But then this made me skeptical again. There was a porn actor named Kitty Yung (varied spelling, as far as I’ve seen). She looked undeveloped but she was an adult.

    “Their appearance, wide-eyed, innocent look, the pouting, the finger in the mouth, all these are visual cues that convey childhood,” he said. “Even if every single one of them is verifiably 18 or older, you still have to confront the issue that OnlyFans is profiting from the sexual portrayal of women who appear to be underage.”

    Ok, so women are wearing school girl outfits and posing as if they are school girls. That’s on the content creators and it isn’t unique to OnlyFans.

    In recent months, Reuters separately examined non-explicit public profile photos, bios and posts of OnlyFans creators who shared near-identical promotional language in their posts. Access to the material was open to the public without a paid OnlyFans subscription.

    Now I’m even more skeptical. I think people are likely to copy material from other accounts that appear to do well. “Nearly identical” doesn’t sound like much to go on to me.

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      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupe_Fuentes

      In 2009, federal agents arrested a man in Puerto Rico on suspicion of possessing child pornography that included Fuentes. At trial, a pediatrician, using the Tanner scale, testified that Lupe was underage based on her appearance. Lawyers for the defense subpoenaed Fuentes to show her passport, proving that she was 19 years old at the time of production