The operator of Pornhub will pay a $5 million fine to settle charges that it failed to stop child sexual abuse videos from being published on its websites, the Federal Trade Commission and the state of Utah announced Wednesday.

“Pornhub’s operators turned a blind eye to the proliferation of videos depicting the sexual abuse of children on its sites so it could profit off this exploitation,” Christopher Mufarrige, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, said in a statement.

The operator of Pornhub, the multinational pornographic conglomerate Aylo, owns more than 100 adult photo and video-streaming websites, including Pornhub and YouPorn. Advertisement

In their complaint, the FTC and Utah alleged that Aylo deceived users by claiming that it had zero tolerance for child sex a

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