Willie O’Reilly: Tawdry titillation makes for a sorry site
OnlyFans, the website whose biggest claim to fame was its brief ‘porn ban’, looks like a Love Island knock-off created by former cast members
“OnlyFans to ban porn,” shouted the headline. The Guardian, RTÉ, the Mirror, the BBC all carried the breaking news.
I was flustered. Whatever were they talking about? What is OnlyFans, and why is it now proposing to clean up its act?
But then, mere days later: “OnlyFans reverses its controversial porn ban”. It appeared the “creator economy” had trumped Big Banking. OnlyFans said it had “secured assurances” from financial institutions that would enable it to ...
