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OnlyFans: Inside the Machine review
Amber Haque’s preposterously bleak film shows how hordes of men have turned the ethical answer to sex work into a sleazy nightmare – and how big tech is turning a blind eye. Sound familiar?
TL;DR
- A content day for OnlyFans models, designed for rapid content creation, is depicted as "preposterously depressing."
- Managers take a significant cut (e.g., 30%) of their clients' earnings.
- OnlyFans, a platform making a billion pounds annually, is presented as potentially empowering but also a site of exploitation.
- Unregulated get-rich-quick schemes have attracted numerous young men into OnlyFans management.
- Managers pressure models into more explicit content or activities like escorting.
- A Telegram group exists where managers allegedly sell models and manipulate earnings.
- The documentary alleges OnlyFans turns a blind eye to these abuses, offering only standard form letters in response to complaints.
- A lawyer suggests OnlyFans could face negligence lawsuits for enabling human trafficking.