OnlyFans has suspended its plans to ban sexually explicit content from October. The UK-based company tweeted on Wednesday that it would “continue to provide a home for all creators.” Thank you to everyone for making your voices heard. We have secured assurances necessary to support our diverse creator community and have suspended the planned October 1 policy change. OnlyFans stands for inclusion and we will continue to provide a home for all creators....

Update 25/08/2021 7.30 PM IST: The platform has decided tonot ban porn for now. After banning porn on its platforms last week, OnlyFans founderTim Stokely has publically blamed banks for this decision. According to a report fromthe Financial Times,Stokelysaid “unfair” treatment is the reason for the porn ban, “The change in policy, we had no choice — the short answer is banks.” The founder gave examples of banks making it difficult for the company to pay its creators....

One of the biggest tech news of last week was OnlyFans banning porn content. The video streaming platform said at that time it has taken this decision to “ensure the long-term sustainability.” As my colleague, Napier pointed out,this move is dumb. It comes in the wake of payment processors bullying the platform into banning sexually explicit content for a ‘clean’ image. However, porn is one of the most popular content categories on OnlyFans, and the ban deprives a lot of sex workers of a chance to earn more money....

As with Tumblr, I’ve never really used OnlyFans. But you don’t have to be on the platforms to recognize the obvious: in both cases, banning porn is a dumb idea. OnlyFans today announced (viaBloomberg) that it will bar creators from posting sexually explicit content starting in October. While some nude photos and videos will still be allowed, the move comes off as misguided at best and an affront to the sex workers who were crucial to building the platform at worst....

We first met with Jason L. Baptiste and Andres Barreto, the founders ofOnswipeon a snowy day in late January in New York City for an interview titled,Forget apps, Onswipe is the future of publishing. The two entrepreneurs were poised for the age of that tablet, both passionate writers who wanted to make their content look beautiful on the iPad. Armed with skills in coding and software development, and support fromTechStars‘ mentors, Baptiste and Barreto, along with their third co-founder Mark Baolaunched Onswipeon June 21st of this year....