Law & Order: OnlyFans Creators Unit

Pornography is considered a sign of deteriorating morals and is punishable by law in many countries. It is restricted in 60 countries and is banned in over 30. OnlyFans creators take heed.

Fleshbot published an article this week about two girls from Myanmar facing 15 years in jail for “behaving without the modesty which should be maintained by Myanmar women” when they posted explicit videos on their OnlyFans pages. This has happened before, and there are a few countries where people have also wound up being arrested for using the site.

FACT: In Indonesia, the “Anti-Porn bill” stipulates that “possessing or downloading porn can be punishable by up to four years in jail,” and “being involved in a sexually suggestive performance is worth up to 12 years in prison.”

It is supported by conservatives in the country who want to offer “moral protection” to young people. Its support widened after a sex tape featuring Pop star Nazril “Ariel” Irham circulated widely in 2010. Ariel’s charges carried a maximum sentence of 12 years in jail and a fine of more than $600,000, but the 29-year-old got three and a half years in prison and was fined $25,000 for violating the strict anti-pornography law.

In March 2022, the Jakarta Police of Indonesia arrested 23-year-old content creator Dea after proving that she produced and distributed adult content. Special criminal investigation director Senior Commissioner Auliansyah Lubis said Dea had violated the Pornography Law when she “sold pornographic photos on her OnlyFans.” Dea, who had openly admitted to “being a content creator who made money on OnlyFans,” said in an interview, “I just want to do cosplay. It’s just for fun.” I don’t know about you, but getting arrested doesn’t sound very fun to me.

FACT: The Philippines penalizes the “selling, giving away, and exhibition of films, prints, sculptures, and literature which are offensive to morals, or those that serve no purpose but to satisfy the market for violence, lust, or pornography.”

Ironically, in Pornhub’s 2018 Year in Review, the Philippines made the top 10 list of countries with the highest number of people watching porn. Two of the top searches made from the Philippines were “Pinay” (Filipino woman) and “Pinoy” (Filipino man), so we know that most of the people watching are looking for local actors and actresses.

Unfortunately, this high demand for porn is being supplied by the underground Filipino porn industry, which isn’t regulated but was worth about $1 billion in 2006 (according to a news report by the American Chronicle).

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-60022424

FACT: Singapore’s Penal Code establishes that “it is illegal to transmit any obscene materials by electronic means or take part in or receive profits from any business where such materials are transmitted.”

FACT: The law says that anything that “has the tendency to deprave and corrupt the minds of people who are likely to read, see, or hear these materials” is considered ‘obscene.’

In December 2021, 22-year-old Titus Low was the first OnlyFans creator to face prosecution in Singapore. He was accused of “uploading 32 explicit photographs and 29 videos to the online platform and failing to comply with an order that prohibited him from accessing his OnlyFans account.”

Eugene Tan, an associate professor of law at the Singapore Management University, explained that:

“local content creators have largely appeared to have been able to produce content until a complaint is made against them… police do not engage in intrusive surveillance of social media platforms. But those using the platform [OnlyFans] to produce and transmit obscene material are potentially in the crosshair of the authorities. Where the authorities know of their involvement, it is a question of when, rather than whether, the law will catch up with them.”

FACT: Thai laws do not ban the possession of pornography (if it depicts people at least 18 years old), but “the creation, dissemination, and monetizing of such materials is considered illegal.”

In September 2021, the Thai government warned people who post content on OnlyFans that if they reside in Thailand and release content that could be deemed ‘obscene’ or ‘pornography’ by Thai law, they could face harsh fines and maybe even spend years in jail in they are found guilty of creating and releasing such content.” They also encouraged any “concerned citizens with information on people breaking the pornography law to alert the police.”

Source: https://www.eyerys.com/sites/default/files/nong-kai-nao-2.webp

Thailand’s Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau made this statement after Kai Nao and her boyfriend, Korakot, violated Thailand’s Computer Crime Act by “creating and spreading obscene content online.” The couple faced a maximum sentence of up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $3,000.

Kai Nao, 19 years old at the time, shared tips on creating content and claimed she made about $28,000 in just three months on the platform. She was heavily criticized for also encouraging other people to join the site and make money, but the police have made it clear that they are “searching for other people that release content on the platform.”

FACT: According to the State Department’s 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report, 185 official sex trafficking investigations were opened in Thailand in 2019.

FACT: Even though prostitution is illegal in Thailand, the law is often unenforced, and red-light districts, massage parlors, go-go bars, and sexy karaoke bars are common sights.

In a country where slavery, forced-sex work, and prostitution are unfortunately common, is a ban on “creating and spreading obscene content online” a terrible thing? In my humble opinion, the risk of even more girls and women being victimized in order to supply the massive demand for porn is too high to ignore.

The ban is still in place, and in June 2022, an unnamed couple was being sought by the police and faced up to five years in prison and a fine of $2,849 if found guilty after they posted sex videos on OnlyFans. I hope the Thai police work just as hard to find criminals guilty of human trafficking.

These laws are out of touch with reality, but they aim to shape society according to antiquated concepts of what is right and moral.