Pornhub is pushing back on claims it failed to police abuse on its site, but its own numbers undercut the defense.

• Pornhub says every site that lets users upload content attracts criminals, and that its safeguards now go further than any rival's.
• It also denies that 2020 was a free-for-all, pointing to moderation staff, work with child protection groups, and scanning uploads against databases of known illegal material.
• That claim runs straight into the company's own purge of 8 million pieces of content, which suggests the old system was letting a lot through.
• The fight matters beyond porn: the same "reasonable steps" argument is what Facebook and every other user-upload platform leans on.

Outlook: Expect more pressure on Pornhub to explain the gap between what it says it was doing and what it had to delete.