Sweden hardens the tone against prostitution. The country’s parliament adopted on Tuesday, May 21 on Tuesday, May 21, which prohibits the purchase of online sexual acts, such as videos as they are offered in sites like Onlyfans.
Specifically, Internet users can always watch and buy videos and equipment offered in a generic way. But now it is illegal to pay someone to perform a specific act.
“Politicians do not understand”
“This is a new form of purchase of sexual services and it is time to modernize the law in the purchase of sexual services and include purchases made remotely on digital platforms such as Colyfans,” said Teresa Carvalho, deputy of the Social Democratic Party, on the TV4 television channel.
In Sweden, the prostitution law prohibits only purchase, and not the sale of sexual services. The amendment was largely supported by deputies, but criticized by sex workers who produce content for the unique pornographic site, believing that it will reduce their income.
“We have the impression that politicians do not understand how we work with the digital or what we really do,” said Sanna Zentio, creator of Onlyfans, on TV4 in March. “Many of us work very independent and safely,” he added.
Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer said that the modified law was a natural extension of Swedish law on prostitution. “Basically, the idea is that anyone who buys sexual acts performed at a distance must be penalized in the same way as those who buy sexual acts that involve physical contact,” Svenska Dagbladet told the newspaper.
Like Instagram, Onlyfans is a varied content of content exchange, such as music or kitchen, with the exception that there are no restrictions in publications. Result, most of the network content consists of accounts that transmit photos and videos sexual.
However, you must pay directly to the more than 4 million creators of content present on the platform to access most videos and photos. The company ensures that creators win 80% of payments made on the platform. Therefore, only fans generated $ 6.6 billion in online payments in 2023. A 19% summary compared to the previous year.
Source: BFM TV
