You can tell pornography when you see it, as the saying goes. When it comes to Pornhub, you’ll know it when you see it because you can access it whenever and wherever you want, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
In their upcoming documentary Money Shot: The Pornhub Story, Netflix will go deep into how the website’s launch in 2007 changed the porn industry in both good and bad ways.
It will be a mess. In the world of pornography, there have been many climaxes, both in the real world and in the world of ideas. In the 1970s, nude magazines became very popular, and in the 1990s, pornographic VHS tapes came out. In the 2000s and after, x-rated streaming became more popular.
Pornhub, which is now one of the most popular sites in the world, was at the forefront of this digital revolution.
You could finally get your rocks with the help of any device that could connect to a reliable wifi connection.
Porn stars became household names, actors became artists in their own right, and for the first time, you could watch movies on any device. The Pornhub Story will look into this shady past and explain how Pornhub became part of the history of the Internet (no, you read that right).
But with every digital boom come a number of security issues that people didn’t expect or didn’t care about. Pornhub has gotten a lot of criticism over its ten years on the internet. It has been accused of spreading non-consensual content, helping trafficking, and abusing the performers from whom it has made billions of dollars.
The movie came out at a time when victims’ activism and independence could be the next big thing in the industry. The focus on younger creators making money could make Pornhub rethink how it has always done business, since its shady back-door deals will be looked at more closely (and not the enjoyable type).
“This video makes us think about what sexuality and permission mean in a world where billion-dollar online platforms depend on user-generated content, who has power in these situations, and who should,” says Suzanne Hillinger, who directed and produced the documentary. We hope that this movie will lead to important conversations about sex and consent, both online and in person.
When is it coming out?
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story will blow up on our Netflix screens on March 15.
