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We polled several of Holger’s coworkers to find out why people would perform this frequently terrifying task for free. Niklas*, a 19-year-old from Germany, claims that the only reason he searches for underage images is to keep other users from viewing them. He said some of the guidelines aren’t clear enough to decide on.

Unsurprisingly, some people work for pay to pursue personal interests. Bryan*, a janitor from London, has only recently started writing reviews. His favourite pornographic website is xHamster, where he has spent endless hours. I have a sex and porn addiction, he admitted. “I wanted to try something different.”

Luke*, a 20-year-old Singaporean colleague, also enrolled with the expectation that the position would provide him access to certain “privileges,” such as content and private profiles on the website. Luke has movies on his account with titles like Hot Teen Shower 4 and Changing room voyeur. He asks whether anyone recognises the woman in his profile photo and provides links to further materials that feature her.

xHamster responded to VICE News’ 67 emails with terse, nonspecific responses that sidestepped many of the concerns mentioned. Despite follow-ups, they refused to comment on issues with the deletion guidelines. Vice President of xHamster Alex Hawkins stated, “We cannot get into specifics of our internal checking for a number of reasons,” claiming that doing so might inspire others to find ways to get around the system. He responded, “Rest assured that controls and checks are in place,” but he omitted to mention the problems we had found with those controls and checks.

The text that follows contains graphic details of sexual assault.

Online pornography is portrayed by xHamster as being quite idyllic in its terms of use. The requirement for documented authorization, release, and/or approval from each and every identifiable person in your submission is made clear to content uploaders “. Another concern is whether or not they are required to provide documentation of such consent.

All uploads that are “unlawful, dangerous, threatening, abusive, harassing, (…) or otherwise objectionable” are forbidden in addition to copyright violations. Furthermore, xHamster emphasises the following in strong capital letters: “FOR PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL INCLUDING MINORS, WE HAVE A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY.