XTube, a pornography site, owned by MindGeek, will shut down permanently on September 5.
At the time of publishing, there is no definitive statement on why XTube, part of the Pornhub Network, is closing. But the clues are there.
MindGeek has controversially become the largest pornography business in the world. It both owns adult video platforms — such as Pornhub, RedTube, and YouPorn — and production companies, like Brazzers Digital Playground, and Reality Kings.
Over the past several years, MindGeek has been embroiled in a series of lawsuits. A large number of these concentrate on the fact that MindGeek‘s sites host illegal content. This includes, but is not limited to, rape, child sexual abuse, and revenge porn.
