Porn is everywhere online, but its owners are out of sight

Montreal-based business MindGeek, owner of websites such as Pornhub and RedTube, has quietly become the dominant porn company, with very little scrutiny or accountability.

Visitors inside the PornHub pop-up shop in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan, New York. New York Times

Patricia Nilsson

Dec 21, 2020 – 1.56pm

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Mario Salieri was shooting a pornographic movie in a lavish Prague villa two decades ago when he first caught sight of the computer geeks who were about to upend his industry.

“The owner of the villa asked me if we could offer a sandwich to a young computer programmer who had been renting a room,” says Salieri. “The boy was pale and visibly hungry.”

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