Major MindGeek Porn Site Xtube is Shutting Down

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The National Center on Sexual Exploitation, a group that has long advocated for the shutting down of porn sites for allowing traffickers, pedophiles and rapists to upload videos of their victims, celebrated a victory on Tuesday. XTube, a pornography website owned by Mindgeek, has announced it will be shutting down its operations on Sept 5. NCOSE CEO Dawn Hawkins said, “XTube’s decision to close was not made in a vacuum” but rather it came “after mounting pressure from legislators, outrage in the media, loss of mainstream corporate support, and survivors stepping forward to demand justice through lawsuits.” Anti-trafficker’s next target is Pornhub