A senior scriptwriter at MindGeek- recently rebranded to Aylo, the parent company of Pornhub, said the most profitable advertisements on their website are ones with “guys that look like 15” years old.
Dillon Rice, a MindGeek staffer, was caught in an undercover video explaining how pedophilic ads perform better because “it looks like this little kid is having sex.
For the ads, the dudes that do the most, like, conversion rates are guys that look like 15, even though theyre like 20 years old or like 25,” he said, and then named one porn actor as an example. “He just looks like a little kid. And they put him in scenes, so it looks like this little kid is having sex….. But it makes a lot of money.
Dillon went on to justify that these types of ads are especially a draw for “predator women” and “pedophilic men who like seeing young boys, as well.” He then went on to explain that ads can turn such them into “whales,” he said, because they “spend a lot of money.
Aylo denounced the undercover video along with two others released by the organization Sound Investigations.
“We are aware that videos, which were filmed surreptitiously and never fact-checked, are being released,” a spokesperson said. “This is simply an attempt to use disingenuous tactics to create a damaging characterization devoid of any fact or truth.”
“The very strict Trust & Safety and compliance rules and policies Aylo has in place extend to all its platforms. All content and ads created and published by Aylo for its premium products must undergo compliance review and approval beforehand,” the spokesperson continued. “Aylo prides itself in providing diverse and inclusive content featuring performers of various ethnicities, body types, gender identities, and sexual orientations. Any insinuation that we feature talent that is underage or portraying underage characters is absolutely false and ludicrous.