Pornhub, a streaming platform for sexual content, has come under fire for allegedly failing to remove images and videos of child rape and sexual abuse on the site - claims it denies. An online petition to shut the site - which had over 42 billion visits in - now has over half a million signatures. As cities globally locked down this week to stop the spread of coronavirus, Pornhub said it would let users watch its top product for free for 30 days, with its traffic already rising Along with more clicks, however, have come renewed complaints about the video-sharing platform and questions about whether all the content available online is consensual. Pornhub, owned by Luxembourg-headquartered company MindGeek, denies allegations of knowingly running any content that is sexually abusive and rejects calls for tighter regulation. Critics, however, have raised concerns the site is open to abuse and exploitation and increased traffic could exacerbate that. The platform allows anyone with an account to post content.

The other night I was merrily eating tacos and sipping on a margarita with girlfriends at our local Mexican joint. We were making the most of these post-quarantine times and, as you can imagine, there was lots to catch up on. We had invited a new friend and as she munched down a chip with guac she casually exclaimed, "Everyone's getting proposed to or pregnant at the moment, but all I've been doing is watching porn. Ahh yes, the three Ps of the pandemic. Proposals, pregnancies, and porn.

Depictions of sex using various types of media goes back centuries and even millennia —but the internet has made it more accessible and available than ever. The founders of Four Chambers decided not to label the project—and instead created their own standards free of marketing jargon and generalizations. In addition to their strict shooting guidelines , each performer also gets to review the final film and veto any clips they do not wish to share.