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One of the largest adult-oriented subscription fan pages announced its plan to soon begin banning sexually explicit content.
OnlyFans, which has more than 130 million users, announced its making changes to “to comply with the requests of our banking partners and payout providers,” according to an official company statement obtained by Variety.com.
The company said, effective October 1, 2021, “OnlyFans will prohibit the posting of any content containing sexually explicit conduct,” the company said in a statement. “In order to ensure the long-term sustainability of the platform, and to continue to host an inclusive community of creators and fans, we must evolve our content guidelines,” the statement confirmed.
OnlyFans added that it will allow creators to continue to post content containing nudity if it "is consistent with out Acceptable Use Policy."
“We will be sharing more details in the coming days and we will actively support and guide our creators through this change in content guidelines,” the company said. “OnlyFans remains committed to the highest levels of safety and content moderation of any social platform. All creators are verified prior to being able to upload any content to OnlyFans, and all uploaded content is checked by automated systems and human moderators.”
The U.K. based company launched OFTV, a free streaming service that features more than 100 OnlyFans creators, spanning fitness, cooking, comedy, health, music and other non-explicit genres, earlier this week.
The new format was soft-launched earlier this year and now features an on-demand content library with more than 800 videos.
OnlyFans was founded in 2016 and has since paid out more than $5 billion to creators worldwide, with the company reportedly keeping 20% of revenue from its 2 million-plus creators, according to its terms via Variety.
The company has been prohibited from being featured on mobile app platforms due to its X-rated content.