Patreon's legal head Colin Sullivan explained the difficulties of creating a policy that empowers creators without harming the site's 'ability to be a home for all creators.' Sullivan said that the platform is being more explicit on banning adult content concerning incest, bestiality, children and sexualized violence. It's not clear how many performers are affected by the change, but it's likely that we'll be seeing the effects of the crackdown in the near future. It's not just webcams, as some offer access to, for instance, a private Snapchat account that may do a similar job. Google 'Patreon + Webcam Session' and you'll find plenty of adult content providers that offer such incentives to their users. In addition, they cannot use cash from the site to 'produce pornographic material, such as maintaining a website, funding movies or providing a private webcam session.' Users are now prohibited from selling 'pornographic material,' as a reward for their patrons.

Of course, it's very hard to determine what is pornography and what is artistic, and the goalposts are shifting on a near-daily basis.īut the gray area that the company previously allowed has now been erased with a far more proscriptive policy. Otherwise, it would only go after otherwise-illegal material, such as depictions of incest, bestiality, children and the suchlike. The distinction it drew, at the time, was that it was happy to turn a blind eye to the sort of content you'd find in an R-rated movie, but not porn. Patreon's corporate position was that the company recognized the need for art to depict 'nudity and sexual expression.' Creators were asked to flag their content as not safe for work, but otherwise there was a wide latitude as to the material published. Patreon has always been against pornography, but the site's previous content policy covered the matter in very broad-brush terms. But a new change to the site's conduct policies, published October 17th, threatens to shut down many of those performers who rely upon the site for revenue. It's a way of connecting individuals and small businesses with paying audiences, from news websites and YouTube channels through to activists and educators.Īt the same time, the site has also enabled a variety of creators in the adult space to earn cash for the erotic material they've made.

Patreon is a crowdfunding platform that enables people to receive subscription payments for the work that they do. NSFW Warning: This story may contain links to and descriptions or images of explicit sexual acts.

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