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Podcast: FML Talk
Episode: The F%cking Takedown of Pornhub with Laila Mickelwait
Description: Trigger warning: This episode deals with sexual assault, sexual abuse, and attempted suicide. This week, Gabrielle sits down with non-profit organizer turned investigative journalist, Laila Mackelwait, as they discuss Laila’s role in taking down the now infamous adult content site, Pornhub. Laila was one of the first to raise the alarm about the site’s complete lack of content and user verification, which allowed anyone with just an email address to upload content, no matter what it was. This effectively meant that the site was set up to enable perpetrators to upload abusive and illeg...