For its part, Pornhub stated in a statement to Meta and Instagram that the application of these rules is “opaque, discriminatory and hypocritical.” Addressed to four Meta executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram boss Adam Mosseri, the letter was backed by 60 signatories from the adult entertainment industry.
Before its permanent ban, the popular porn site’s Instagram account was suspended three weeks ago. Instagram content guidelines prohibit nudity and sexual content but Pornhub claims that his account was “PG” .
“We know that there are times when people may want to share nude images that are artistic or creative in nature, but for a variety of reasons, we do not allow naked on Instagram,” he read in the Instagram Community Guidelines. But Instagram prohibits the recruitment of porn actors on the platform, which could have implicated Pornhub. In accordance with Variety Pornhub had posted a video on Instagram encouraging people to become adult content performers.
The letter also noted that high-profile Instagram users like Kim Kardashian, who has 330 million followers, have been allowed to post “her exposed body” (it appears that Pornhub is referring to the recent interview). for Magazine Magazine which has more than 5 million likes on Instagram).
