"Formerly Mindgeek, Aylo made some significant changes to the way it moderates content in late 2020, when The New York Times published an exposé showing how Pornhub - Aylo's most popular portfolio website - failed to prevent and remove uploads of CSAM and NCM. It was only after pressure from credit card operators that the company began to verify the ages of all actors in uploaded videos and require documents that prove the actors' consent."
"This data, which the FTC alleges was not stored safely, could include Social Security numbers, addresses, birthdates, and other information that could be found on government IDs. "Aylo also told its models that they could 'trust that their personal data remains secure' yet failed to use standard security measures to protect the data," the FTC said in a press release."
Aylo agreed to a $5 million settlement with the FTC and Utah over allegations it knowingly profited from child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and nonconsensual material (NCM) while continuing to host illegal content. The company, formerly Mindgeek, introduced age verification and consent-document requirements in late 2020 after a New York Times exposé and pressure from credit card operators. Regulators allege Aylo obtained and retained identity data from a third-party vendor indefinitely, storing sensitive information such as Social Security numbers, addresses, and birthdates without encryption, access limits, or firewall protections. The FTC also alleges Aylo failed to fully ban uploaders and that video-fingerprinting safeguards were ineffective.
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